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title: מַעֲשֵׂיָה — Maaseiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲשֵׂיָה (4641), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Maaseiah. BDB 1906: pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲשֵׂיָה

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«מַעֲשֵׂיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maaseiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 4641 · **BDB:** מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ

### Glosses

Maaseiah (10); of.Maaseiah (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maaseiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4641/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4641/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** † מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ -יָה, מַעֲשַׂי n. pr.m. (work of י׳; cf. n.pr. מעשיהו on Isr. seal, Cl-Gann, v. Lzb315);—Μα(α)σσαια(ς), etc., 𝔊 B Ezr 10:21 Μασαηλ:— priest, Je.’s time, מַעֲשֵׂיָה Je 21:1; 29:25; 37:3; perhaps 35:4 (-יָהוּ). 29:21. מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ Levites: 1 Ch 15:18, 20. 2 Ch 23:1. officials: 26:11. 34:8. son of Ahaz 28:7. Levite 1 Ch 6:25 reading מַעֲשֵׂיָה for MT בַּעֲשֵׂיָה q.v., cf. Kit. מַעֲשֵׂיָה of various post-exil. men: Ne 3:23 (Μαδασηλ, A Μαασιου). 8:4, 7. 10:26. 11:5. v 7. 12:41. v 42. Ezr 10:18. v 21 (Μασαηλ, Μασειας). v 22. v 30. מַעֲשַׂי (van d. H. מַעְשַׂי) Μα(α)σαι(α), a priest 1 Ch 9:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲשֵׂיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4641/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.26/)

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רְח֥וּם חֲשַׁבְנָ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Rehum Hashabnah Maaseiah

*JPS 1917:* Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah;

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[Ezra 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.22/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֖י פַּשְׁח֑וּר אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤י מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל נְתַנְאֵ֔ל יוֹזָבָ֖ד וְאֶלְעָשָֽׂה׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.sons of.Pashhur Elioenai Maaseiah Ishmael Nethanel Jozabad and Eleasah

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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