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Original Word:מְלָאכָה
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Transliteration:mla'kah
Pronunciation:meh-lah-KAH
Phonetic Spelling:(mel-aw-kaw')
Definition:Work, occupation, craftsmanship, service
Meaning:deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

Word Origin:Derived from the root מַלְאָךְ (malak), meaning "to send" or "to dispatch," often associated with the concept of a messenger or angel.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G2041 (ergon): Often translated as "work" or "deed," used in the New Testament to describe both physical labor and spiritual works.

-G2038 (ergazomai): A verb meaning "to work" or "to labor," reflecting the action of performing work.

Usage:The Hebrew word "melakah" primarily refers to work or labor, encompassing a wide range of activities from daily tasks to skilled craftsmanship. It is often used to describe the work of creation, human labor, and the service of the priests in the temple. The term implies purposeful and productive activity, often with a sense of duty or calling.

Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Israel, "melakah" was integral to daily life, reflecting the agrarian and artisan-based economy. Work was seen as a divine mandate, rooted in the creation narrative where God Himself worked for six days and rested on the seventh. This concept of work was deeply embedded in the cultural and religious practices of the Israelites, influencing their understanding of the Sabbath as a day of rest from all "melakah."

Word Origin
from the same asmalak
Definition
occupation, work
NASB Translation
anything (4), article made (1), business (4), cattle (1), craftsmanship (3), details (1), duties (1), everything* (1), industrious* (1), laborer (1), material (1), occupation (1), performed (1), project (1), property (2), purpose (1), service (2), something (1), supplies (1), task (2), use (2), used (2), work (118), workers (1), workmanship (1), workmen (5), workmen* (5), works (1).

₁₆₇ (for *; compare Phoenicianlabour) —Exodus 12:16 102t.; 2Chronicles 13:10; constructExodus 35:24 42t.; suffixJonah 1:8;Exodus 20:9 2t.;Genesis 2:2 13t.; plural construct1 Chronicles 28:19; suffixPsalm 73:28; —

occupation, business,what is thy occupationJonah 1:8; business of a stewardGenesis 39:11 (J); diligent in businessProverbs 22:29; slack in businessProverbs 18:9.

property in which one is occupied,his neighbour's propertyExodus 22:7;Exodus 22:10 (E); possessions of herds and flocksGenesis 33:14 (J),1 Samuel 15:9 (compare );great property2Chronicles 17:13.

work as something done or made:

Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse);Genesis 2:3 (P), in judgmentJeremiah 50:25, in GeneralPsalm 73:28.

,leather-workLeviticus 13:48,51 (P),work in the field1 Chronicles 27:26; in buildingProverbs 24:27 +, the walls of JerusalemNehemiah 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furnitureExodus 36:2 +, the temple1 Kings 5:30 +; work of the potterJeremiah 18:3, of the seamanPsalm 107:23, of the Levites1 Chronicles 26:29, of priests in the sacrifices 2Chronicles 29:34; phrase of P,Exodus 35:24;Exodus 36:1,3;Leviticus 23:7,8,21,25,35,36;Numbers 28:18,25,26;Numbers 29:1,12,35 also1 Chronicles 9:13;1 Chronicles 9:19;1 Chronicles 28:13;1 Chronicles 28:20; 2Chron 24:12;1 Chronicles 23:24;Exodus 36:5 (P); compare the phraseworkmenEzra 3:9;Nehemiah 2:16;1 Kings 5:30;1 Kings 9:23 +;any work forbidden on the SabbathExodus 20:9,10;Leviticus 23:3 (P)Deuteronomy 5:13,14;Jeremiah 17:22,24; on holy convocationsExodus 12:16;Leviticus 16:29;Leviticus 23:28,30,31;Numbers 29:7 (P).

workmanship,in every kind of workmanship, phrase of P:Exodus 31:3,5;Exodus 35:29,31,33,35; and Chronicles:1 Chronicles 22:15;1 Chronicles 28:21;1 Chronicles 29:5;1 Kings 7:14.

service, useLeviticus 7:24;Leviticus 11:32;Judges 16:11;Ezekiel 28:13.

public business:

political1 Kings 11:28;1 Chronicles 29:6;Daniel 8:27;Esther 3:9;Esther 9:3.

religious, putting away foreign wivesEzra 10:13;1 Chronicles 26:30;Exodus 36:4;Exodus 38:24 (P),1 Chronicles 6:34;Exodus 35:21 (P),1 Chronicles 23:4;Ezra 3:8;Ezra 6:22;Nehemiah 10:34;Nehemiah 11:22.

business, cattle, industrious, occupation, officer, manner of workman,

From the same asmal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) -- business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

see HEBREWmal'ak

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Genesis 2:2
HEB:בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה
NAS: completedHis work which
KJV: endedhis work which he had made;
INT: day the seventhhis work which had done

Genesis 2:2
HEB:הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־ מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
NAS: from allHis work which
KJV: dayfrom all his work which he had made.
INT: the seventh allhis work which had done

Genesis 2:3
HEB:שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־ מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־ בָּרָ֥א
NAS: from allHis work which
KJV: that in it he had restedfrom all his work which God
INT: rested allhis work which had created

Genesis 33:14
HEB:לְאִטִּ֗י לְרֶ֨גֶל הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־ לְפָנַי֙
NAS: according to the paceof the cattle that are before
KJV: according asthe cattle that goeth before me
INT: my leisure to the paceof the cattle that are before

Genesis 39:11
HEB:הַבַּ֖יְתָה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת מְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֨ין אִ֜ישׁ
NAS: to dohis work, and none
KJV: to dohis business; and [there was] none of the men
INT: the house to dohis work else of the men

Exodus 12:16
HEB:לָכֶ֑ם כָּל־ מְלָאכָה֙ לֹא־ יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה
NAS: day; nowork at all shall be done
KJV: convocationto you; no manner of work shall be done
INT: become allwork no shall be done

Exodus 20:9
HEB:וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ כָּל־ מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒
NAS: and do allyour work,
KJV: and doall thy work:
INT: and do allyour work

Exodus 20:10
HEB:תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה כָל־ מְלָאכָ֡֜ה אַתָּ֣ה ׀ וּבִנְךָֽ֣־
NAS: anywork, you or your son
KJV: [in it] thou shalt not doany work, thou, nor thy son,
INT: do anywork you your son

Exodus 22:8
HEB:שָׁלַ֛ח יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: his hands on his neighbor'sproperty.
KJV: his hand unto his neighbour'sgoods.
INT: laid his handsproperty his neighbor's

Exodus 22:11
HEB:שָׁלַ֛ח יָד֖וֹ בִּמְלֶ֣אכֶת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְלָקַ֥ח
NAS: on his neighbor'sproperty; and its owner
KJV: unto his neighbour'sgoods; and the owner
INT: laid handsproperty his neighbor's shall accept

Exodus 31:3
HEB:וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכָל־ מְלָאכָֽה׃
NAS: and in all[kinds of] craftsmanship,
KJV: and in knowledge,and in all manner of workmanship,
INT: knowledge allcraftsmanship

Exodus 31:5
HEB:לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּכָל־ מְלָאכָֽה׃
NAS: in all[kinds of] craftsmanship.
KJV: to workin all manner of workmanship.
INT: may work allcraftsmanship

Exodus 31:14
HEB:הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה בָהּ֙ מְלָאכָ֔ה וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
NAS: anywork on it, that person
KJV: for whosoever doeth[any] work therein, that soul
INT: whoever doeswork shall be cut person

Exodus 31:15
HEB:יָמִים֮ יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י
NAS: dayswork may be done,
KJV: daysmay work be done;
INT: days may be donework day the seventh

Exodus 31:15
HEB:כָּל־ הָעֹשֶׂ֧ה מְלָאכָ֛ה בְּי֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת
NAS: does anywork on the sabbath day
KJV: whosoever doeth[any] work in the sabbath
INT: whoever doeswork day the sabbath

Exodus 35:2
HEB:יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י
NAS: dayswork may be done,
KJV: daysshall work be done,
INT: days may be donework day the seventh

Exodus 35:2
HEB:הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה ב֛וֹ מְלָאכָ֖ה יוּמָֽת׃
NAS: doesany work on it shall be put to death.
KJV: whosoever doethwork therein shall be put to death.
INT: whoever doeswork shall be put

Exodus 35:21
HEB:תְּרוּמַ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה לִמְלֶ֨אכֶת אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד֙
NAS: contributionfor the work of the tent
KJV: offeringto the work of the tabernacle
INT: contribution the LORD'Sthe work of the tent of meeting

Exodus 35:24
HEB:שִׁטִּ֛ים לְכָל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה הֵבִֽיאוּ׃
NAS: for anywork of the service
KJV: woodfor any work of the service,
INT: acacia anywork of the service brought

Exodus 35:29
HEB:לְהָבִיא֙ לְכָל־ הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה
NAS: [material] for allthe work, which
KJV: to bringfor all manner of work, which the LORD
INT: to bring for allthe work which had commanded

Exodus 35:31
HEB:וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכָל־ מְלָאכָֽה׃
NAS: and in allcraftsmanship;
KJV: and in knowledge,and in all manner of workmanship;
INT: knowledge allcraftsmanship

Exodus 35:33
HEB:לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּכָל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת מַחֲשָֽׁבֶת׃
NAS: in every inventivework.
KJV: to make any manner of cunningwork.
INT: to perform everywork inventive

Exodus 35:35
HEB:לַעֲשׂוֹת֮ כָּל־ מְלֶ֣אכֶת חָרָ֣שׁ ׀ וְחֹשֵׁב֒
NAS: everywork of an engraver
KJV: to workall manner of work, of the engraver,
INT: to perform everywork of an engraver A designer

Exodus 35:35
HEB:עֹשֵׂי֙ כָּל־ מְלָאכָ֔ה וְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י מַחֲשָׁבֹֽת׃
NAS: of everywork and makers
KJV: anywork, and of those that devise
INT: performers of everywork and makers of designs

Exodus 36:1
HEB:אֶֽת־ כָּל־ מְלֶ֖אכֶת עֲבֹדַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
NAS: allthe work in the construction
KJV: how to workall manner of work for the service
INT: shall perform allthe work the construction of the sanctuary

167 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4399
167 Occurrences

bam·lā·ḵeṯ — 1 Occ.
bam·mə·lā·ḵāh — 6 Occ.
bim·laḵ·tōw — 3 Occ.
bim·le·ḵeṯ — 4 Occ.
ham·mə·lā·ḵāh — 41 Occ.
lam·mə·lā·ḵāh — 5 Occ.
lim·lā·ḵāh — 5 Occ.
lim·laḵ·tōw — 2 Occ.
lim·le·ḵeṯ — 2 Occ.
mal·’ă·ḵō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mal·’ă·ḵō·w·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mə·lā·ḵāh — 41 Occ.
mə·laḵ·te·ḵā — 4 Occ.
mə·laḵ·tōw — 7 Occ.
mə·le·ḵeṯ — 37 Occ.
mim·mə·laḵ·tōw — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·lā·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
ḇam·mə·lā·ḵāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·mə·lā·ḵāh — 3 Occ.
ḇim·laḵ·tōw — 1 Occ.