Nehemiah 13:7:11Neh.13.7.W11TAB
נִשְׁכָּ֔ה
nishkeka
“a chamber”
- Transliteration
- nish-ke-KA
- Extended
- nihsh-keh-KAA
- IPA
- /niʃ.kəˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a chamber
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-ke-KA
- clause
va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The noun niš-kāh {נִשְׁכָּ֔ה | niš-kāh} ‘chamber’ appears in the locative phrase bə-ḥaṣṯrê bêyt hā-ʼĕlōhîm {בְּחַצְרֵ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים | bə-ḥaṣṯrê bêyt hā-ʼĕlō-hîm} ‘in the courts of the house of God,’ completing a multi-stage construct chain. This structure highlights the impropriety of allotting private space within a sacred precinct.
Root and etymology
n–š–k
“chamber”
In context — Nehemiah 13:7
And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁכָּ֔ה (nishkeka) 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.13.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W11.S1) and character.