mo.shav denotes a dwelling or settlement, and in some settings a designated seat or place of sitting.

The word most often identifies places where people live, including dwellings, settlements, and a city intended for habitation. In a smaller set of clauses, it marks a particular seat or assigned place, whether for servants, elders, mockers, or an exalted figure.

1. Dwelling place, settlement, or inhabited city · dominant

   Plural construct forms occur in commands and statutes extending through the people's places of residence: in Exodus 12:20 the APB renders the clause "in all your dwellings," and in Leviticus 23:3 it likewise places Sabbath observance "in all your dwellings." The same use names settlements in territorial descriptions and restoration language: in 1 Chronicles 7:28 the APB renders "their settlements," while Ezekiel 34:13 speaks of "all the settlements of the land." Singular forms can describe a city as a place for habitation, as in Psalm 107:7, where the APB renders "a city of dwelling."

   Exodus 12:20Leviticus 23:31 Chronicles 7:28Ezekiel 34:13Psalm 107:7Genesis 10:30
2. Designated seat or place of sitting · common

   Singular construct forms identify a person's place in a social or ceremonial setting. In 1 Samuel 20:25, the two occurrences belong to the account of the king, Jonathan, Abner, and David at their places; the APB renders David's absence as "David's place was empty." In 1 Kings 10:5 the term occurs among the arrangements of Solomon's court, rendered "the seating of his servants," and Psalm 107:32 places praise "in the seat of the elders."

   1 Samuel 20:181 Samuel 20:251 Kings 10:52 Chronicles 9:4Job 29:7Psalm 107:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB presents the term with wording such as "dwellings," "settlements," "city of dwelling," "seat," "seating," and "place." These are contextual renderings of whole clauses to the Hebrew form.