The meaning of “מְלָאכָה”
Understanding mᵉlâʼkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (man...
מְלָאכָה
business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship). - properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry - generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely) - also property (as the result of labor) 1) 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 33:14 | “Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.” Word: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 5:14 | “But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.” Word: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) | |
| 2 Kings 12:15 | “Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.” Word: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) | |
| Nehemiah 6:9 | “For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.” Word: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) | |
| Jeremiah 18:3 | “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.” Word: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) |
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