Hebrew · H4399, H6213 · unreviewed

כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ

Properly, deputyship , i.e. ministry ; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) · to do or make , in the broadest sense and widest application

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מְלָאכָה H4399 properly, deputyship , i.e. ministry ; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

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עָשָׂה H6213 to do or make , in the broadest sense and widest application

Pronunciation asah

Broadest action verb in Hebrew; encompasses creation, covenant-making, and moral conduct—God's primary verb for purposeful activity.

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What does כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ (kol-mĕlāʾkâ lōʾ taʿăśû) mean in the Bible?

מְלָאכָה · עָשָׂה is a Hebrew word meaning "complete cessation from labor".

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Meaning

complete cessation from labor

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 1564 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Perfect 761 Imperfect 511 Participle 183 Imperative 59 Infinitive construct 24 Infinitive absolute 12 Participle passive 11 Cohortative 3

Stem

Qal 1477 Niphal 84 Piel 2 Pual 1

Mood

Indicative 761 Indicative/jussive 380 Indicative/cohortative 105 Imperative 59 Jussive 26

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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