miq.dash denotes a holy place or sacred complex associated with divine dwelling, worship, service, and restricted access.

The term consistently denotes a designated holy place: a place built for divine dwelling, approached for service and offerings, and described as being in the midst of a people or land. The same place may be entered, guarded, beautified, measured, defiled, profaned, devastated, or restored; plural forms can refer to multiple such holy places.

1. Designated holy place for divine presence and service · dominant

   In Exodus 25:8, the singular absolute form occurs in the command to make a place in which the LORD may dwell among the people. Construct forms identify it as belonging to the LORD or God: 1 Chronicles 22:19 speaks of building it to bring in the ark and holy articles, while Ezekiel 44:16 places priestly entry and service within it. In Ezekiel 45:18, the APB renders a rite of purification "from sin" for this place, and Ezekiel 44:9 frames entry into it as restricted.

   Exodus 25:81 Chronicles 22:19Ezekiel 44:16Ezekiel 45:18Ezekiel 44:9Ezekiel 37:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the term as "sanctuary," including phrases such as "my sanctuary" and "sanctuary of the LORD." It also uses expressions such as "little sanctuary" and "house of their sanctuary"; These are presentations of the verse clauses rather than fixed lexical equivalents.