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melakhah.

Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛl.ə.xɑ/

  1. Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.

    Judaism · countable · uncountable

  2. Labor in general.

    Judaism · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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