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H4399מְלָאכָהme.la.khah

workPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. 33
  3. 16
  4. 8
  5. 3
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 10
  12. 6
  13. 20
  14. 16
  15. 5
  16. 22
  17. 2
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 5
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 5
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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167 occurrences in 149 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:34

    There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves

    הַמְּלָאכָה֙ (מְּלָאכָה֙) me.la.Khah “work”

  2. 2 Chronicles 34:10

    And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged;

    הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (מְּלָאכָ֔ה) me.la.Khah “work”הַמְּלָאכָ֗ה (מְּלָאכָ֗ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  3. 2 Chronicles 34:12

    And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and oth

    בַּמְּלָאכָ֗ה (מְּלָאכָ֗ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  4. 2 Chronicles 34:13

    Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

    מְלָאכָ֔ה me.la.Khah “work”

  5. 2 Chronicles 34:17

    They have taken out all the money which was in the Lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.

    הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (מְּלָאכָֽה) me.la.Khah “work”

  6. Ezra 2:69

    Every one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.

    הַמְּלָאכָה֒ (מְּלָאכָה֒) me.la.Khah “work”

  7. Ezra 3:8

    Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, an

    מְלֶ֥אכֶת me.Le.khet “[the] work of”

  8. Ezra 3:9

    Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

    הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה (מְּלָאכָ֖ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  9. Ezra 6:22

    And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

    בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת (מְלֶ֥אכֶת) m.Le.khet “[the] work of”

  10. Ezra 10:13

    But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

    וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗ה (מְּלָאכָ֗ה) me.la.Khah “business”

  11. Nehemiah 2:16

    And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

    הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (מְּלָאכָ֔ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  12. Nehemiah 4:11

    And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

    הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (מְּלָאכָֽה) me.la.Khah “work”

  13. Nehemiah 4:15

    And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

    מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (מְלַאכְתּֽ) me.lakh.T “work”

  14. Nehemiah 4:16

    And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

    בַּמְּלָאכָה֒ (מְּלָאכָה֒) me.la.Khah “work”

  15. Nehemiah 4:17

    Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

    בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (מְּלָאכָ֔ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  16. Nehemiah 4:19

    And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

    הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה (מְּלָאכָ֥ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  17. Nehemiah 4:21

    So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

    בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה (מְּלָאכָ֑ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  18. Nehemiah 4:22

    And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

    מְלָאכָֽה׃ me.la.Khah “work”

  19. Nehemiah 5:16

    And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.

    בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת (מְלֶ֜אכֶת) m.Le.khet “[the] work of”הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ (מְּלָאכָֽה) me.la.Khah “work”

  20. Nehemiah 6:3

    And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

    מְלָאכָ֤ה me.la.Khah “a work”הַמְּלָאכָה֙ (מְּלָאכָה֙) me.la.Khah “work”

  21. Nehemiah 6:9

    For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

    הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה (מְּלָאכָ֖ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  22. Nehemiah 6:16

    And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

    הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה (מְּלָאכָ֥ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  23. Nehemiah 7:70

    And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.

    לַמְּלָאכָ֑ה (מְּלָאכָ֑ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  24. Nehemiah 7:71

    And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.

    הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (מְּלָאכָ֔ה) me.la.Khah “work”

  25. Nehemiah 10:33

    For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

    מְלֶ֥אכֶת me.Le.khet “[the] work of”