Exodus 20:9:5Exod.20.9.W5TAB
כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒
kolmelakhtekha
“all your work”
- Transliteration
- kol-me-lakh-TE-kha
- Extended
- kohl-meh-lakh-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /kɔl.mə.laχ.ˈtɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- all your work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-me-lakh-TE-kha
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-VOD ve-a-SEE-TA kol-me-lakh-TE-kha
Exegesis
The adverbial kol {כָּל | kāl} ‘all’ combines with the noun melakhtekha {מְלַאכְתֶּךָ | mə-laḵ-te-ḵā} ‘your work’ to denote totality. Syntactically, the sequence temporal phrase + obligation verbs + totality unit creates a balanced parallelism that highlights both the duration and comprehensive scope of labor, setting a clear counterpoint to the subsequent Sabbath prohibition.
Root and etymology
kaph–lamed–lamedkaph–lamed–lamed
“all, complete”
In context — Exodus 20:9
Six days you shall work, and you shall do all your work .
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 20:9, so the Hebrew word כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒ (kolmelakhtekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.20.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.9.W5.S1) and character.