נִשְׁכָּהnishkâh

chamber, = treasuries, storehouses (Nehemiah 13:7; Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 12:44)

Pronunciation: nish-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5393

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 3:30 Next Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section, while Meshullam son of Berekiah rebuilt the wall across from where he lived.
  • Nehemiah 12:44 On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect from the fields outside the towns the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites. For all the people of Judah took joy in the priests and Levites and their work.
  • Nehemiah 13:7 When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib’s evil deed in providing Tobiah with a room in the courtyards of the Temple of God.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).