--- title: מְלָאכָה — occupation · The Tanakh dictionary description: מְלָאכָה (4399), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 167 times: occupation. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4399.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)‎ / מְלָאכָה‎ # מְלָאכָה «מְלָאכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **occupation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 167 times · **Key:** 4399 · **BDB:** מְלָאכָה ### Glosses work (93); the.work (39); a.product (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) occupation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4399/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4399/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. occupation, work (for מַלְאָכָה; cf. Ph. מלאכת labour)—מ׳ Ex 12:16 + 102 times; מְלָ֑אכֶת 2 Ch 13:10; cstr. מְלֶאכֶת Ex 35:24 + 42 times; sf. מְלַאכְתְּךָ Jon 1:8; מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Ex 20:9 + 2 times; מְלַאכְתּוֹ Gn 2:2 + 13 times; pl. cstr. מַלְאֲכוֹת 1 Ch 28:19; sf. מַלְאֲכוֹתֶיךָ ψ 73:28;— occupation, business, מַה מְּלַאכְתְּךָ what is thy occupation Jon 1:8; business of a steward Gn 39:11 (J); diligent in business Pr 22:29; slack in business 18:9. property in which one is occupied, מ׳ רעהו his neighbour’s property Ex 22:7, 10 (E); possessions of herds and flocks Gn 33:14 (J), 1 S 15:9 (cf. מִקְנֶה); מ׳ רבה great property 2 Ch 17:13. work as something done or made: of God in creation Gn 2:2(×2), 3 (P), in judgment Je 50:25, in general ψ 73:28. of men, מ׳ עור leather-work Lv 13:48, 51 (P), מ׳ השׂדה work in the field 1 Ch 27:26; in building Pr 24:27 +, the walls of Jerusalem Ne 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furniture Ex 36:2 +, the temple 1 K 5:30 +; work of the potter Je 18:3, of the seaman ψ 107:23, of the Levites 1 Ch 26:29, of priests in the sacrifices 2 Ch 29:34; †מְלָאכֶת (הָ)עֲבֹדָה phrase of P, Ex 35:24; 36:1, 3; Lv 23:7, 8, 21, 25, 35, 36; Nu 28:18, 25, 26; 29:1, 12, 35 also 1 Ch 9:13, 19; 28:13, 20; 2 Ch 24:12; המ׳ לעבדה 1 Ch 23:24; עבדה למ׳ Ex 36:5 (P); cf. the phrase עֹשֵׂה המ׳ workmen Ezr 3:9 Ne 2:16; עֹשִׂים במ׳ 1 K 5:30; 9:23 +; כל מ׳ any work forbidden on the Sabbath Ex 20:9, 10; Lv 23:3 (P) Dt 5:13, 14 Je 17: 22, 24; on holy convocations Ex 12:16; Lv 16:29; 23:28, 30; 31 Nu 29:7 (P). workmanship, כל מלאכה in every kind of workmanship, phrase of P: Ex 31:3, 5; 35:29, 31, 33, 35; and Chr: 1 Ch 22:15; 28:21; 29:5; 1 K 7:14. service, use Lv 7:24; 11:32; 13:51; Ju 16:11; Ez 15:3; 28:13. public business: political 1 K 11:28; 1 Ch 29:6; Dn 8:27; Est 3:9; 9:3. religious, putting away foreign wives Ezr 10:13; מ׳ יהוה 1 Ch 26:30; ם הַקֹּדֶשׁ Ex 36:4; 38:24 (P), מ׳ קדשׁ הקדשׁים 1 Ch 6:34; מ׳ אהל מועד Ex 35:21 (P), מ׳ בית י׳ 1 Ch 23:4 Ezr 3:8; 6:22 Ne 10:34; 11:22. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 95 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מְלָאכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4399/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 20:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.9/) שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁתיָמִ֣ים֙תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָכָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒ *Word for word:* six days you.will.labor and you.will.do all work your *JPS 1917:* Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; [Deuteronomy 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.13/) שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁתיָמִ֣ים֙תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָכָּֿל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒ *Word for word:* six days you.will.labor and you.will.do all work your *JPS 1917:* Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; - ← previous: [מַלְאָךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4397.md) - next →: [מַלְאָכוּת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4400.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)