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pa-vil´yun: A covered place, booth, tent, in which a person may be kept hid or secret (סך, sÌ£oÌ„kh, ; סכּה, sÌ£ukkaÌ„h - the usual term - ), or otherwise be withdrawn from view. The term is used with reference to God (; ); to kings drinking in privacy (, ); the Revised Version (British and American) gives “pavilion†for the King James Version “tabernacle†in ; ; while in it substitutes this word, with the margin “alcove,†for the King James Version “tent†(kÌ£ubbaÌ„h), and , for “royal pavilion†(shaphruÌ„r), reads in the margin “glittering pavilion.â€