Work

"Work" in Hebrew

מְלָאכָה

melakhá

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

מְלָאכָה

melakhá

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(place where one is employed)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(effort expended on a particular task)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another)

עֲבוֹדָה

avodá

(fortification)

עָמָל

amál

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

הִפְעִיל

hif'íl

(to set into action — see also operate)

הֶעֱבִיד

he'evíd

(to force to work)

עָבַד

avád

(to do a specific task)

עבד

'avád

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

עשה

'asáh

(to cause to move or progress)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.