Study it in the app“So I sent messengers to them, saying, “A great work I am doing, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?””
So I sentוָאֶשְׁלְחָהmessengersמַלְאָכִיםto them,עֲלֵיהֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר“A greatגְדוֹלָהworkמְלָאכָהIאֲנִיam doing,עֹשֶׂהand I cannotוְלֹא אוּכַלcome down.לָרֶדֶתWhyלָמָּהshould the workהַמְּלָאכָהceaseתִשְׁבַּתwhileכַּאֲשֶׁרI leave itאַרְפֶּהָand come downוְיָרַדְתִּיto you?”אֲלֵיכֶם
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appearscease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “tishbat” appearslet go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “arpe” appears2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to do me harm.
3 · This verse (above)
4They sent to me according to this word four times, and I replied to them according to this word.
