English Explanatory Dictionary

melakhah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.
Labor in general.

Pronunciation

/mɛl.ə.xɑ/

Word forms

melakhah melakhot m'lakhah melacha melachah melakha

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mal'achá, “work; labor; activities forbidden on Sabbath”).

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