To dwell or settle in a place — used especially of God's dwelling among his people. The divine presence that 'tabernacled' (shakan) with Israel gives us the word shekinah (though this word itself is post-biblical).
God's desire to dwell among his people is the golden thread of Scripture: Eden > Tabernacle > Temple > Incarnation > New Jerusalem. Each is a form of divine shakan.
John 1:14 uses the Greek verb skēnoō (to tabernacle/pitch tent) — a deliberate echo of shakan. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God's long desire to dwell with his people.