--- title: מַעֲשֶׂה — deed · The Tanakh dictionary description: מַעֲשֶׂה (4639), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 235 times: deed. BDB 1906: n.m. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4639/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 20:9 deed, work;—abs. מ׳ Gn 44:15 +, cstr. מַעֲשֵׂה Is 5:12 +; sf. מַעֲשֵׂהוּ Ju 13:12 +, etc.; pl. מַעֲשִׂים Gn 20:9 +; cstr. מַעֲשֵׂי Je 1:16 +; sf. מַעֲשָׂיו 1 S 19:4 (or sg., so Dr) +, etc.;—often acc. cogn. c. עשׂה;— (1) deed, thing done by man Nu 16:28 (JE), 1 K 13:11; Is 26:12;—1 S 20:19 is obscure; (2) implic. evil Gn 44:15 (J), Ex 23:24 (E), Ne 6:14 + 8 times, + sg. coll. doing(s) Mi 6:16; Lv 18:3(×2) (H), 2 Ch 17:4, מ׳ יְדֵיהֶם La 3:64; Hg 2:14; Jb 33:17 (reading מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ 𝔊 Di Siegf Bu), Ez 16:30 (behaviour); explic. מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים Ezr 9:13 cf. Ec 4:3; 8:11, 14, מַעֲשֵׂי־אָוֶן Is 59:6; specif. of idolatr. practices, מ׳ יְדֵיכֶם sg. Dt 31:29; Je 25:6, 7; 32:30, pl. 44:8, cf. sg. 1 K 16:7; 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; (3) implic. right, praiseworthy 1 S 19:4; 2 K 23:19; Jon 3:10; Pr 31:31; of duty in gen. הַמּ׳ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּן Ex 18:20 (E) = what they are to do; explic. Ec 4:4; 8:14; (4) as basis of judgment (good or bad) Is 66:18 ψ 33:15; 62:13; Ec 12:14, מ׳ יְדֵיהֶם Je 25:14. (1) work, labour, husbandry Ex 23:16 (E), Gn 5:29 (J), Ju 19:16, מ׳ יְדֵיכֶם Hg 2:17; enforced labour of Isr. in Egypt Ex 5:5, 13 (J); in gen. 23:12 (E); also of product of labour 23:16, cf. Is 65:22; Ec 5:5; שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ׳ Ez 46:1 the six working-days; of religious work, מ׳ עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא׳ 1 Ch 23:28, cf. מ׳ 2 Ch 31:21; (2) business, pursuit, Gn 46:33; 47:3 (J), Ju 13:12; 1 S 25:2; Is 54:16; in gen., occupation Is 29:15; Ec 2:4, 11; 3:17, 22; 8:9; 9:7, 10; (3) undertaking, enterprise Is 19:14, 15; Dt 15:10; מ׳ יָדֶ֑ךָ Dt 2:7 + 5 times Dt; 2 Ch 32:30; Jb 1:10 ψ 28:4, מ׳ יָדֵינוּ ψ 90:17(×2); (4) achievement Je 48:7; Est 10:2; (5) in weakened sense, מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Pr 16:3 thine affairs; nearly = occurrences Ec 1:14 (pl.), 2:17; 8:17 (sg.). deed(s), work(s) of י׳, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Ju 2:7, 10; Jos 24:31 (D), ψ 33:4 + 21 times, + מ׳ יָדָיו etc. Is 5:12 ψ 28:5; 92:5 + 4 times; מ׳ הָאֱלֹהִים in gen. Ec 7:13; 8:17; 11:5 cf. 3:11. (1) work, thing made, by man, מ׳ אֹפֶה Gn 40:17 (E) baker’s work; מ׳ יְדֵי יוֹצֵר La 4:2; often of furnishings of tabern., מ׳ חשֵׁב Ex 26:1 + 7 times, מ׳ רֹקֵם 26:36 + 5 times, מ׳ אֹרֵג 28:32 + 2 times, מ׳ חָרָשׁ 28:11, cf. מ׳ יְדֵי אָמָּן Ct 7:2; of holy oil, etc. מ׳ רֹקֵחַ Ex 30:25 + 2 times (ins. רֹקֵחַ perhaps also 2 Ch 16:14); hence מ׳ = work of art Is 3:24 (of coiffure), cf. כְּלִי מ׳ Nu 31:51; sq. n. of material, pattern, etc., מ׳ עִזִּים v 20 (i.e. goats’ hair), v. also Ex 27:4; 28:14 +; in temple, מ׳ שְׂבָכָה 1 K 7:17, מ׳ שׁוּשַׁן v 19, etc.; מ׳ צַעֲצֻעִים 2 Ch 3:10, cf. מ׳ הַחֲבִתִּים 1 Ch 9:31 the work of (consisting in) bread-wafers; = materials of (prepared for) הָעוֹלָה 2 Ch 4:6; in theoph. מ׳ לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר Ex 24:10 (J); מ׳ of ships 2 Ch 20:37; in gen. Is 29:16; Ez 27:16, 18 = thy manufactures, wares; מַעֲשַׂי ψ 45:2 = my verses (ποίημα, poem); (2) workmanship Ez 1:16(×2) (v 16a del. Co Toy) 1 K 7:8; Ex 28:8 + 11 times; (3) מ׳ יְדֵי אָדָם of idols (contemptuously) Dt 4:28; 2 K 19:18 = Is 37:19 = 2 Ch 32:19, ψ 115:4; 135:15, cf. Is 2:8 (מ׳ יָדָיו), Ho 14:4 Mi 5:12 Je 1:16; so (יְדֵי) מ׳ חָרָשׁ Dt 27:15 Je 10:3, 9, cf. Ho 13:2; מ׳ חֲכָמִים Je 10:9; מ׳ תַּעְתֻּעִים v 15 51:18; appar. also מַעֲשֵׂהֶם Is 41:29 cf. 57:12; Ez 6:6; מ׳ יָדָיו of altars Is 17:8. work (made by) God Ex 32:16 (E); especially (poet. and late), of created things, ψ 103:22; 104:24 + 4 times ψ; מ׳ אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ 8:4, מ׳ יָדֶיךָ 102:26 (both of heavens), cf. 19:2 (heavenly bodies), 8:7 (animals); of man Jb 14:15; 34:19, cf. כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ every mortal whom He has made; also 37:7; of a nation Is 19:25; 60:21; 64:7; of weights Pr 16:11 (but read perhaps הַמֶּלָךְ for י׳ Gr Toy). product of olive-tree, מ׳ וַיִת Hb 3:17; fig. product of righteousness Is 32:17. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 150 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מַעֲשֶׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4639/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 111:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.2/) גְּ֭דֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* \[are\].great the.works of.Yahweh \[they.are\].studied by all \[those\].delighting in.them *JPS 1917:* The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein. [Psalms 115:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.4/) עֲ‍ֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃ *Word for word:* idols their \[are\].silver and gold \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.humankind *JPS 1917:* Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. - ← previous: [מַעֲרָת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4638.md) - next →: [מַעֲשַׂי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4640.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-7.md)