BDB4281
מְלָאכָה167
noun feminine
occupation, work (for *מַלְאָכָה; compare Phoenician מלאכת
labour) — ׳
מ
Exod 12:16 +
102 t.; מְלָ֑אכֶת
2Chr 13:10
construct מְלֶאכֶת
Exod 35:24 + 42
t.; suffix מְלַאכְתְּךָ
Jonah 1:8
מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ
Exod 20:9 + 2 t.;
מְלַאכְתּוֺ
Gen 2:2 + 13 t.; plural
construct מַלְאֲכוֺת
1Chr 28:19
suffix מַלְאֲכוֺתֶיךָ
Ps 73:28 —
1.
occupation, business, מַה מְּלַאכְתְּךָ
what is thy occupation
Jonah 1:8
business of a steward
Gen 39:11 (
J
); diligent in business Prov 22:29 slack in business Prov 18:9.
2.
property in which one is occupied, רעהוּ
׳
מ
his neighbour's property
Exod 22:7; Exod 22:10 (
E
); possessions of herds and flocks Gen 33:14 (
J
), 1Sam 15:9
(compare מִקְנֶה); רבה
׳
מ
great property
2Chr 17:13
.
3.
work
as something done or made:
a. of God in creation Gen 2:2 (twice in verse); Gen 2:3 (
P
), in judgment Jer 50:25, in general Ps 73:28.
b. of men, עור
׳
מ
leather-work
Lev 13:48;
Lev 13:51 (
P
), השׂדה
׳
מ
work in the field
1Chr 27:26
in building Prov 24:27 +, the walls of Jerusalem Neh 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furniture
Exod 36:2 +,
the temple 1Kgs
5:30 +; work of the potter Jer 18:3, of the seaman Ps 107:23, of the Levites 1Chr 26:29, of priests in the
sacrifices 2Chr
29:34
מְלָאכֶת (ה)עֲבֹדָה phrase of
P
, Exod
35:24; Exod
36:1; Exod
36:3; Lev
23:7; Lev
23:8;
Lev 23:21; Lev 23:25; Lev 23:35; Lev 23:36; Num 28:18; Num 28:25; Num 28:26; Num 29:1; Num 29:12;
Num 29:35
also 1Chr 9:13
; 1Chr 9:19
; 1Chr
28:13; 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 24:12
לעבדה
׳
המ
1Chr 23:24
׳
עבדה למ
Exod 36:5 (
P
); compare the phrase ׳
עֹשֵׂה המ
workmen
Ezra 3:9; Neh 2:16
׳
עֹשִׂים במ
1Kgs 5:30;
1Kgs 9:23 +;
׳
כל מ
any work forbidden on the Sabbath Exod 20:9; Exod 20:10; Lev 23:3 (
P
) Deut 5:13
; Deut 5:14
; Jer
17:22; Jer 17:24 on holy convocations Exod 12:16; Lev 16:29; Lev 23:28; Lev 23:30;
Lev 23:31;
Num 29:7 (
P
).
4.
workmanship, כל מלאכה
in every kind of workmanship, phrase of
P
: Exod
31:3
; Exod 31:5
; Exod
35:29;
Exod 35:31; Exod 35:33; Exod 35:35 and Chronicles: 1Chr 22:15; 1Chr 28:21
; 1Chr
29:5;
1Kgs 7:14.
5.
service, use
Lev 7:24;
Lev 11:32
;
Judg 16:11
;
Ezek 28:13
.
6.
public business:
a.
political
1Kgs
11:28
;
1Chr
29:6;
Dan 8:27;
Esth 3:9;
Esth 9:3.
b.
religious, putting away foreign wives Ezra 10:13
יהוה
׳
מ
1Chr
26:30
הַקֹּדֶשׁ
׳
מ
Exod 36:4
;
Exod 38:24 (
P
), קדשׁ הקדשׁים
׳
מ
1Chr
6:34
אהל
׳
מ
מועד
Exod
35:21 (
P
), ׳
בית י
׳
מ
1Chr
23:4
;
Ezra
3:8;
Ezra 6:22; Neh 10:34; Neh 11:22.