BDB6434 H4639
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מַעֲשֶׂה233 noun masculineGen 20:9 deed, work; — absolute ׳מ Gen 44:15 +, construct מַעֲשֵׂה Isa 5:12 +; suffix מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Judg 13:12 +, etc.; plural מַעֲשִׂים Gen 20:9 +; construct מַעֲשֵׂי Jer 1:16 +; suffix מַעֲשָׂיו 1Sam 19:4 (or singular, so Dr) +, etc.; — often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with עשׂה; — 1. a. (1)
deed, thing done by man
Num 16:28 (
JE),
1Kgs 13:11;
Isa 26:12 —
1Sam 20:19 is obscure; (2) implicit evil
Gen 44:15 (
J),
Exod 23:24 (
E),
Neh 6:14 + 8 t., + singular collective
doing(s) Mic 6:16;
Lev 18:3 (twice in verse) (
H),
2Chr 17:4,
יְדֵיהֶם ׳מ Lam 3:64;
Hag 2:14;
Job 33:17 (reading
מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ ᵐ5 Di Siegf Bu),
Ezek 16:30 (
behaviour); explicit
מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים Ezra 9:13 compare
Eccl 4:3;
Eccl 8:11;
Eccl 8:14,
מַעֲשֵׂיאָֿוֶן Isa 59:6 specifically of idolatrous practices,
יְדֵיכֶם ׳מ singular
Deut 31:29;
Jer 25:6;
Jer 25:7;
Jer 32:30, plural
Jer 44:8, compare singular
1Kgs 16:7;
2Kgs 22:17 =
2Chr 34:25 (3) implicit right, praiseworthy
1Sam 19:4;
2Kgs 23:19;
Jonah 3:10;
Prov 31:31 of duty in general
אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּן ׳הַמּ Exod 18:20 (
E) =
what they are to do; explicit
Eccl 4:4;
Eccl 8:14 (4) as basis of judgment (good or bad)
Isa 66:18;
Ps 33:15;
Ps 62:13;
Eccl 12:14,
יְדֵיהֶם ׳מ Jer 25:14.
b. (1)
work, labour, husbandry
Exod 23:16 (
E),
Gen 5:29 (
J),
Judg 19:16,
יְדֵיכֶם ׳מ Hag 2:17 enforced labour of Israel in Egypt
Exod 5:5;
Exod 5:13 (
J); in general
Exod 23:12 (
E); also of product of labour
Exod 23:16, compare
Isa 65:22;
Eccl 5:5 ׳שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ Ezek 46:1 the six working-days; of religious work,
׳עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא ׳מ 1Chr 23:28, compare
׳מ 2Chr 31:21 (2)
business, pursuit,
Gen 46:33;
Gen 47:3 (
J),
Judg 13:12;
1Sam 25:2;
Isa 54:16 in general,
occupation Isa 29:15;
Eccl 2:4;
Eccl 2:11;
Eccl 3:17;
Eccl 3:22;
Eccl 8:9;
Eccl 9:7;
Eccl 9:10 (3)
undertaking, enterprise Isa 19:14;
Isa 19:15;
Deut 15:10 יָדֶ֑ךָ ׳מ Deut 2:7 + 5 t. Deuteronomy;
2Chr 32:30;
Job 1:10;
Ps 28:4,
יָדֵינוּ ׳מ Ps 90:17 (twice in verse). (4)
achievement Jer 48:7;
Esth 10:2 (5) in weakened sense,
מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Prov 16:3 thine affairs; nearly =
occurrences Eccl 1:14 (plural),
Eccl 2:17;
Eccl 8:17 (singular).
c. deed(s), work(s) of
׳י, especially in deliverance and in judgment,
Judg 2:7;
Judg 2:10;
Josh 24:31 (
D),
Ps 33:4 + 21 t., +
יָדָיו ׳מ etc.
Isa 5:12;
Ps 28:5;
Ps 92:5 + 4 t.;
הָאֱלֹהִים ׳מ in general
Eccl 7:13;
Eccl 8:17;
Eccl 11:5 compare
Eccl 3:11.
2. a. (1)
work, thing made, by man,
אֹפֶה ׳מ Gen 40:17 (
E)
baker's work;
יְדֵי יוֺצֵר ׳מ Lam 4:2 often of furnishings of tabernacle,
חשֵׁב ׳מ Exod 26:1 + 7 t.,
רֹקֵם ׳מ Exod 26:36 + 5 t.,
אֹרֵג ׳מ Exod 28:32 + 2 t.,
חָרָשׁ ׳מ Exod 28:11, compare
יְדֵי אָמָּן ׳מ Song 7:2 of holy oil, etc,
רֹקֵחַ ׳מ Exod 30:25 + 2 t. (insert
רֹקֵחַ perhaps also
2Chr 16:14); hence
׳מ =
work of art Isa 3:24 (of coiffure), compare
׳כְּלִי מ Num 31:51 followed by noun of material, pattern, etc.,
עִזִּים ׳מ v
Num 31:20 (i.e. goats' hair), see also
Exod 27:4;
Exod 28:14 +; in temple,
שְׂבָכָה ׳מ 1Kgs 7:17,
׳מ שׁוּשַׁן v
1Kgs 7:19, etc.;
צַעֲצֻעִים ׳מ 2Chr 3:10, compare
הַחֲבִתִּים ׳מ 1Chr 9:31 the work of (consisting in)
bread-wafers; =
materials of (prepared for)
הָעוֺלָה 2Chr 4:6 in theoph.
לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר ׳מ Exod 24:10 (
J);
׳מ of ships
2Chr 20:37 in general
Isa 29:16;
Ezek 27:16;
Ezek 27:18 =
thy manufactures, wares;
מַעֲשַׂי Ps 45:2 =
my verses (
ποίημα,
poem); (2)
workmanship Ezek 1:16 (twice in verse) (
Ezek 1:16 a strike out
Co Toy)
1Kgs 7:8;
Exod 28:8 + 11 t.; (3)
יְדֵי אָדָם ׳מ of idols (contemptuously)
Deut 4:28;
2Kgs 19:18 =
Isa 37:19 =
2Chr 32:19;
Ps 115:4;
Ps 135:15, compare
Isa 2:8 (
יָדָיו ׳מ),
Hos 14:4;
Mic 5:12;
Jer 1:16 so
(יְדֵיׅ ׳מ חָרָשׁ Deut 27:15;
Jer 10:3;
Jer 10:9 compare
Hos 13:2 חֲכָמִים ׳מ Jer 10:9 תַּעְתֻּעִים ׳מ v
Jer 10:15;
Jer 51:18 apparently also
מַעֲשֵׂהֶם Isa 41:29 compare
Isa 57:12;
Ezek 6:6 יָדָיו ׳מ of altars
Isa 17:8.
b. work (made by) God
Exod 32:16 (
E); especially (poetry and late), of created things,
Ps 103:22;
Ps 104:24 + 4 t. Psalms;
אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ ׳מ Ps 8:4,
יָרֶיךָ ׳מ Ps 102:26 (both of heavens), compare
Ps 19:2 (heavenly bodies),
Ps 8:7 (animals); of man
Job 14:15;
Job 34:19, compare
לָדַעַת כָּלאַֿנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Job 37:7 (but read probably
אנשׁים ᵑ9 Ol Di and others); of nation
Isa 19:25;
Isa 60:21;
Isa 64:7 of weights
Prov 16:11 (but read perhaps
הַמֶּלֶךְ) for
׳י Gr Toy).
c. product of olive-tree,
זַיִת ׳מ Hab 3:17 figurative
product of righteousness Isa 32:17.