Leviticus 23:30:4Lev.23.30.W4TAB
כָּל־מְלָאכָ֔ה
kahlmehlakhaah
“any work”
- Transliteration
- kahl-meh-la-KHAAH
- Extended
- kahl-meh-lah-KHAAH
- IPA
- /kɔl.mə.laˈxaː/
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
kahl-meh-la-KHAAH
- clause
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH veh-ha-a-vad-TI et-ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mih-KEH-rev ahm-MAHH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher taʿăšêh kôl mĕlākhah {אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה כָּל־מְלָאכָ֔ה | ʾă-šer ta-ʿă-šêh kôl mĕ-lā-ḵāh} ‘who does any work’ specifies the forbidden action.
Root and etymology
l-’-khlamed–aleph–khet
“work, task”
In context — Leviticus 23:30
And every soul who does any work on this very day, I will destroy that soul from the midst of his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:30, so the Hebrew word כָּל־מְלָאכָ֔ה (kahlmehlakhaah) 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.23.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.30.W4.S1) and character.