Original Language Studio
Exodus 36:7
“For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâh · mel-aw-kaw'
H4399 · Hebrew
H4399 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
- Derivation
- from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);
- KJV renderings
- business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מְּלָאכָ֗ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 167 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Genesis 33:14Genesis 39:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מְלָאכָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.