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title: נִשְׁכָּה — chamber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִשְׁכָּה (5393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: chamber. BDB 1906: n.f. chamber. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִשְׁכָּה

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«נִשְׁכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chamber** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 5393 · **BDB:** נִשְׁכָּה

### Glosses

a.room (1); room (1); rooms (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִשְׁכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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