מְלָאכָה
me.la.khah
“work”
Definition
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);
- occupation, work, business 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מְלָאכָה appears 132 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
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