melakhah

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat. Judaism,countable,uncountable
    — Thus, carrying an overcoat over one's shoulder is a melakhah, but wearing one is not.
  2. Labor in general. Judaism,countable,uncountable
    — The Bible and even the rabbis had a highly positive view of melakhah and some even viewed it as a mitzvah. The prophet Isaiah declares that God teaches the farmers how to farm.

词形变化

melakhot plural m'lakhah alternative melacha alternative melachah alternative melakha alternative

词源

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