Lexical Summary lishkah: room, chamber, hall, cell Original Word: לִשְׁכָּהTransliteration: lishkah Phonetic Spelling: (lish-kaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: room, chamber, hall, cell Meaning: room, chamber, hall, cell Strong's Concordance chamber, parlor From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging) -- chamber, parlour. Compare nishkah. see HEBREW nishkah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3957. lishkah לִשְׁכָּה noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. לִשְׁכְּתָא ᵑ7; compare also נִשְׁכָּה; on the lishka see NowArchaeology ii. 37, 52, 79; BoGeogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.) compare Greek λέσχη, compare RsSemitic i. 236 (2nd ed. 254) and elsewhere); — ׳ל Ezekiel 40:38 +; construct לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11 +; with ה locative לִשְׁכָּ֑תָה 1 Samuel 9:22; plural לְשָׁכוֺת Ezekiel 40:17 +; construct לִשְׁכוֺת Nehemiah 10:38 +; — 1. a. of room connected with a sanctuary (בָּמָה), where sacrificial meal was eaten 1 Samuel 9:22, insert also probably 1:18 (ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Bu). b. connected with Solomon's temple, where wine offered to Rechabites Jeremiah 35:2, 4; compare 35:4; 35:4 one where prophecy read 36:10 (both these apparently open, compare Gie35:2); compare בַּמַּרְוָרִים ֗֗֗ הַסָּרִיס נְתַןמֶֿלֶךְ לִשְׁכַּת 2 Kings 23:11; used of Levites' cells 1 Chronicles 9:33; = store-rooms 9:26 ("" אֹצָרוֺת), 23:28; 28:12; 2 Chronicles 31:11. c. in Ezekiel's temple, cells for priests, singers, etc. Ezekiel 40:17 (twice in verse); 40:38, 44, 45, 46 + 41:10 (strike out Co Bthl), 42:1, 4, 7, 8, 11 + 42:12 (strike out Co Bthl); in three tiers, compare ׳הַלְּ הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת 42:5 (see 42:3), (45:5 read ᵐ5 לָשֶׁבֶת עָרִים Sm Co SgfrKauAT Bthl); ׳ל הַקֹּדֶשׁ for sacred uses 42:13 (3 t. in verse); 44:19; 46:19. d. in second temple, as store-rooms Ezra 8:29; Nehemiah 10:38; 10:39 ("" הָאוֺצָר בֵּית), Nehemiah 10:40; used by individuals Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 13:5 (׳ל גְּדוֺלָה), 13:8, in General 13:4; 13:9. 2 of scribe's room in royal palace Jeremiah 36:12, 20, 21. |
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