Etymology

melakhah

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Today it means: Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat. Full definition →

Hebrew מְלָאכָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמְלָאכָה“work; labor; activities forbidden on Sabbath”
  2. English todaymelakhah

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

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