Nehemiah 13:5:3Neh.13.5.W3TAB

לִשְׁכָּ֣ה

lishkeka

“a chamber”

Transliteration: lish-ke-KA
Extended: lihsh-keh-KAA
IPA: /liʃ.kəˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English: a chamber

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לִ + שְׁ + כָּ֣ה

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lish + ke + ka

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lishkeka

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
lish-ke-KA
phraseyour reading level
lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA
clause
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM
sentence
va-ya-AS LO lish-ke-KA ge-do-LA ve-SHAM ha-YU le-fa-NIM no-te-NIM et-ha-min-kha hal-le-vo-NA ve-ha-ke-LIM u-ma-se-AR ha-da-GAN ha-ti-ROSH ve-ha-yits-HAR mits-VAT hal-ve-YIM ve-ha-me-sho-re-RIM ve-ha-sho-a-RIM u-te-ru-MAT ha-ko-ha-NIM

Exegesis

The noun-adjective pair liškāh gedôlāh {לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה | liškāh gedôlāh} emphasizes the chamber’s size.

Root and etymology

lamed–shin–kaphl–s–k

“special chamber”

In context — Nehemiah 13:5

And he made for him a large chamber , and there they formerly laid the grain offering, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of grain, the new wine, and the oil—the allotted share for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the contribution for the priests.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁכָּ֣ה (lishkeka) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Neh.13.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.5.W3.S1) and character.

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