work of necessity
work of necessity · works of necessity
Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual…Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
» His wife has started to work out of necessity.
Seine Frau hat sich notgedrungen Arbeit gesucht. — Sudajaengi
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1 senses(Judaism, countable, uncountable)Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
Examples
1 sentencesHis wife has started to work out of necessity.
deSeine Frau hat sich notgedrungen Arbeit gesucht. — Sudajaengi
Forms
plural: works of necessity| Singular | work of necessity |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpikuach nefesh
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable