Jeremiah 17:24:20Jer.17.24.W20TAB
כָּל־מְלָאכָֽה׃
kalmelakha
“any work”
- Transliteration
- kal-me-la-KHA
- Extended
- kaal-meh-laa-KHAA
- IPA
- /kɔːl.məlaːˈxɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- any 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 | |
| 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
kal-me-la-KHA
- clause
u-le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT le-vil-TI a-SOT-va BO kal-me-la-KHA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-MO-a tish-me-UN e-LAI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH le-vil-TI ha-VI mas-SA be-sha-a-RE ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YOM ha-sha-BAT u-le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT le-vil-TI a-SOT-va BO kal-me-la-KHA
Exegesis
The repeated negative levilti asot bo kol-melakhah {לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת־בּוֹ כָּל־מְלָאכָה | lə-ḇil-tî ʿă-śōṯ bō kol-mə-lā-ʾāḵāh} intensifies the prohibition against all work. English rendering preserves the layered conditional and parallel structure to maintain legal force and rhetorical balance.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“work, occupation”
In context — Jeremiah 17:24
And it will be, if you will surely listen to Me, declares the LORD , that you bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and that you consecrate the Sabbath day by refraining from all work within it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:24:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Jeremiah 17:24, so the Hebrew word כָּל־מְלָאכָֽה׃ (kalmelakha) 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.17.24.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.24.W20.S1) and character.