Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Pere:

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Might we then say that, concerning the pointing pattern, noun LI$KAH,
> chamber (Neh13:5) (*) belongs to a different mishqal from that of noun
> $IKBAH, layer (**)?
>
> It appears that לשכה is related to the Greek word λεσχη, which raises the
question if it is a loan word into Hebrew? There is no extant Hebrew root
for it.

If it is a loan word, that would explain its different treatment.

>
> Regards
>
> Pere Porta
>
>
> Karl W. Randolph.