{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4399",
  "lemma": "מְלָאכָה",
  "transliteration": "mᵉlâʼkâh",
  "definition": "properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)",
  "kjv": "business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied)…",
  "occurrences": 167,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H4397",
      "lemma": "מֲלְאָךְ",
      "transliteration": "mălʼâk",
      "meaning": "a messenger",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4397"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְלָאכָה 167 n.f. occupation, work",
    "1. occupation, business",
    "2. property in which one is occupied",
    "3. work as something done or made",
    "4. workmanship",
    "5. service, use",
    "6. public business"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:2",
      "text": "On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:3",
      "text": "God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 33:14",
      "text": "Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/33?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:11",
      "text": "About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 12:16",
      "text": "In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:9",
      "text": "You shall labor six days, and do all your work,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:10",
      "text": "but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:7",
      "text": "If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:10",
      "text": "the oath of the LORD shall be between them both, he has not put his hand on his neighbor’s goods; and its owner shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 31:3",
      "text": "I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/31?v=3"
    }
  ],
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