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# נִשְׁכָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5393

**chamber** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

chamber [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5393/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִשְׁכָּה: n.f. chamber [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5393/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. chamber (rare ‖ of לִשְׁכָּה, q.v.; cf. WSG 67);—abs. נ׳ Ne 13:7, sf. נִשְׁכָּתוֹ Ne 3:30, both rooms of individuals; pl. abs. נְשָׁכוֹת 12:44 treasuries, storehouses.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a room (1); room (1); rooms (1).

## In the verses

[Nehemiah 3:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.30/#tree)

אַחֲרָ֨יו הֶחֱזִ֜יק חֲנַנְיָ֣ה בֶן־שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְחָנ֧וּן בֶּן־צָלָ֛ף הַשִּׁשִּׁ֖י מִדָּ֣ה שֵׁנִ֑יס אַחֲרָ֣יו הֶחֱזִ֗יק מְשֻׁלָּם֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד נִשְׁכָּתֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* after him he.repaired Hananiah the.son of.Shelemiah and Hanun the.son of.Zalaph (the) sixth a.measured.portion second after him he.repaired Meshullam the.son of.Berekiah before room his.own

*JPS 1917:* After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

[Nehemiah 13:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.7/#tree)

וָאָב֖וֹא לִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וָאָבִ֣ינָה בָרָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לוֹ֙ נִשְׁכָּ֔ה בְּחַצְרֵ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I.came to Jerusalem and I perceived (in).the evil thing which he.had.done Eliashib for Tobiah by making for him a.room in the.courtyards of.the.house of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5393/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).