Leviticus 23:28:1Lev.23.28.W1TAB
וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙
vekholmehlakhah
“any work”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-meh-lah-KHAH
- IPA
- /vəˈxol.mə.laˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-meh-la-KHAH
- clause
ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prohibition lo taʿăsū {לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | lōʾ taʿă-sū} ‘you shall not do’, with the noun phrase kol melakhah {כָּל־מְלָאכָה֙ | kol mə-lā-ḵā-hā} ‘all work’ as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“work, service”
In context — Leviticus 23:28
And you shall not do any work on the very day , because it is the Day of Atonements, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ (vekholmehlakhah) 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 Lev.23.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W1.S1) and character.