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 'meseken' (pronounced 'mesheken') means "home".
-The word occurs very frequently in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to describe the tent which functioned as a temple of [[Ihoh]] during the forty years of wandering in Sinai. In these instances 'meseken' is usually translated as "tabernacle". This is also the usage in modern Hebrew, where it is transliterated as "mishkan".
+The word occurs very frequently in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to describe the complex tent which functioned as a temple of [[Ihoh]] during the forty years of wandering in Sinai. In these instances 'meseken' is usually translated as "tabernacle". This is also the usage in modern Hebrew, where it is transliterated as "mishkan".
 However, the word is not only applied specifically to this unique structure. 'meseken' appears in the narrative long before the construction of "the tabernacle", in the book of Job, arguably the oldest written portion of the texts. Here, 'meseken' is applied to one's "home" or "tent".