מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙

   me-le-KHET

   the work of
2. clause🔊 וַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗ע אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה֙ מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙ עֲבוֹדַ֣ת בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שֹׂכְרִים֙ חֹצְבִ֣ים וְחָרָשִׁ֔ים לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה

   va-yit-ne-HU ha-ME-lekh vi-ye-ho-ya-DA el-o-SE me-le-KHET a-vo-DAT BET-ye-ho-VAH va-yih-YU so-khe-RIM kho-tse-VIM ve-kha-ra-SHIM le-kha-DESH BET ye-ho-VAH

   and he gave it the king and Jehoiada to the doer of the work of service of the house of the LORD and they became or were hiring stonecutters and craftsmen to renew the house of the LORD
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗ע אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה֙ מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙ עֲבוֹדַ֣ת בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שֹׂכְרִים֙ חֹצְבִ֣ים וְחָרָשִׁ֔ים לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠גַם לְחָרָשֵׁ֤י בַרְזֶל֙ וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁת לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yit-ne-HU ha-ME-lekh vi-ye-ho-ya-DA el-o-SE me-le-KHET a-vo-DAT BET-ye-ho-VAH va-yih-YU so-khe-RIM kho-tse-VIM ve-kha-ra-SHIM le-kha-DESH BET ye-ho-VAH ve-GAM le-kha-ra-SHE var-ZEL u-ne-KHO-shet le-kha-ZEK et-BET ye-ho-VAH

   and he gave it the king and Jehoiada to the doer of the work of service of the house of the LORD and they became or were hiring stonecutters and craftsmen to renew the house of the LORD and also to craftsmen of iron and bronze to strengthen the LORD

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase eloseh {אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה | ʾel-ʿōśē} introduces the recipient, and the layered construct chain melechet avodat beit-YHWH {מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית־יְהוָה | məleḵeṯ ʿăbōḏaṯ bêt-yəhōwāh} specifies the sphere of activity as temple service-work.