Etymology?:
from the same as malʾāxᵊ מַלְאָךְ ‘messenger’
Roots:
מלאך
mᵊlāʾxā n, f
1) occupation, work, business
1a) occupation, business
1b) property
1c) work (something done or made)
1d) workmanship
1e) service, use
1f) public business
1f1) political
1f2) religious
Mentioned in Genesis 33:14, 39:11, 2:2, 2:3 Exodus 31:5, 35:33, 35:21, 36:1, 36:2, 35:29, 36:4, 36:6, 12:16, 22:7, 36:3, 36:5, 20:10, 31:3, 35:31, 22:10, 35:35, 36:8, 35:24, 39:43, 31:14, 36:7, 40:33, 35:2, 38:24, 31:15, 20:9 Codex Leviticus 23:30, 11:32, 13:48, 13:51, 16:29, 7:24, 23:28, 23:8, 23:25, 23:36, 23:21, 23:31, 23:3, 23:7, 23:35 Numbers 4:3, 29:1, 29:7, 28:26, 28:25, 29:12, 29:35, 28:18 Deuteronomy 16:8, 5:14, 5:13 Judges 16:11 1 Samuel 15:9, 8:16 1 Kings 7:14, 7:51, 11:28, 9:23, 5:30, 7:40, 7:22 2 Kings 22:9, 12:16, 22:5, 12:12, 12:15 Jeremiah 17:22, 18:3, 50:25, 17:24, 48:10 Ezekiel 28:13, 15:4, 15:5, 15:3 Jonah 1:8 Haggai 1:14 Psalms 73:28, 107:23 Proverbs 18:9, 24:27, 22:29 Esther 3:9, 9:3 Daniel 8:27 Ezra 10:13, 2:69, 3:8, 3:9, 6:22 Nehemiah 7:69, 7:70, 4:13, 11:12, 4:11, 4:10, 4:9, 6:16, 4:16, 13:10, 13:30, 4:5, 6:3, 10:34, 11:16, 11:22, 6:9, 2:16, 4:15, 5:16 1 Chronicles 9:13, 9:19, 9:33, 23:24, 29:6, 22:15, 29:1, 27:26, 6:34, 26:30, 25:1, 28:20, 23:4, 28:21, 28:13, 26:29, 4:23, 29:5, 28:19 2 Chronicles 5:1, 13:10, 29:34, 17:13, 24:12, 4:11, 24:13, 34:12, 8:9, 34:10, 16:5, 34:17, 8:16, 34:13