מַחְשֶׁבֶת, preced.) design, art.—מלאכת מ׳ a productive work (with a direct purpose). Bets. 13ᵇ; Ḥag. 10ᵇ, a. fr. מלאכת מ׳ אסרה תורה the Torah forbids (on the Sabbath) productive work (by which you affect the property of an object, not mere changing of position, planless efforts &c.).