Mivneh (ืึดืึฐื ึถื) means the structure, form, or architectural design of a building. It appears in Ezekiel 40:2 in the extraordinary vision of the Temple, where Ezekiel is brought to a very high mountain to see the mivneh โ the structural form of a city-like Temple complex.
In Ezekiel's vision, mivneh introduces the most detailed architectural description in the Bible โ the restored Temple of Ezekiel 40-48. Whether interpreted as a literal future Temple, an idealized vision of restored worship, or a typological prefiguring of the New Jerusalem, the vision communicates a fundamental truth: God has a design (mivneh) for His dwelling with His people.
The NT picks up this language in Hebrews 8:5 (Moses built the tabernacle "according to the pattern shown you on the mountain") and in Revelation 21 (the New Jerusalem measured and described in meticulous detail). The divine mivneh โ God's architectural intention for communion with humanity โ finds its ultimate expression in the incarnation: "The Word became flesh and tabernacled (eskฤnลsen) among us" (John 1:14).