Jeremiah 17:22:6Jer.17.22.W6TAB
וְכָל־מְלָאכָ֖ה
vekholmelakha
“and any work”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA
- Extended
- veh-KHOL-meh-lah-KHAA
- IPA
- /wəχɔl.məlaːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and any work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA
- clause
ve-LO-to-TSI-u ma-SA mi-ba-TE-khem be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU
- sentence
ve-LO-to-TSI-u ma-SA mi-ba-TE-khem be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU ve-kid-dash-TEM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT ka-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti et-a-vo-TE-khem
Exegesis
A second negative clause uses vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵāl} ‘and any’ with melakhah {מְלָאכָה | mə-lāʾḵāh} ‘work’ and lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ before the Qal imperfect taasu {תַעֲשׂ֑וּ | ta‘ăśû} ‘you shall do’, reinforcing the ban.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“work, occupation”
In context — Jeremiah 17:22
And you shall not bring out any burden from your houses on the Sabbath day, and you shall not do any work, but you shall sanctify the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 17:22, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־מְלָאכָ֖ה (vekholmelakha) 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 Jer.17.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.22.W6.S1) and character.