Leviticus 23:3:4Lev.23.3.W4PAT
מְלָאכָה֒
melakha
“work”
- Transliteration
- me-la-KHA
- Extended
- meh-lah-KHAA
- IPA
- /mə.laˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- work
- French
- travail
- Spanish
- trabajo
- Portuguese
- trabalho
- German
- Arbeit
- Russian
- работа
- Arabic-Simplified
- عمل
- Hindi
- काम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 工作
- Korean
- 일
- Indonesian
- pekerjaan
- Bengali
- কাজ
- Tagalog
- gawain
- Swahili
- kazi
- Amharic
- ሥራ
- Yoruba
- iṣẹ́
- Igbo
- ọrụ
- Twi
- adwuma
- Ewe
- dɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
me-la-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
te-a-SEH me-la-KHA
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM te-a-SEH me-la-KHA oo-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT sha-ba-TON mik-RA-KO-desh kol-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM te-a-SEH me-la-KHA oo-va-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT sha-ba-TON mik-RA-KO-desh kol-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU sha-BAT HI la-ye-ho-VAH be-KOL mo-shvo-te-KHEM
In context — Leviticus 23:3
six days be done work and on the day the seventh sabbath complete rest holy assembly all work not do it sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:3, so the Hebrew word מְלָאכָה֒ (melakha) 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.23.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.3.W4.S1) and character.