STRONGS NUMBER H3957

H3957. lishkah

לִשְׁכָּה‎ noun feminine room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka (Late Hebrew id. לִשְׁכְּתָא ᵑ7‎; compare also נִשְׁכָּה‎; on the lishka see Now^{Archaeology ii. 37, 52, 79}; Bo^{Geogr.I, xvii. 438 (ed. Leusd.)} compare Greek λέσχη, compare Rs^{Semitic 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 Gie^35:2); 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 Sgfr^{KauAT 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.