מַעֲשֶׂה

1. a. (1) deed, thing done by man 4 Mos 16,28 (JE), 1 Kong 13,11; Es 26,12 — 1 Sam 20,19 is obscure; (2) implicit evil 1 Mos 44,15 (J), 2 Mos 23,24 (E), Neh 6,14 + 8 t., + singular collective doing(s) Mik 6,16; 3 Mos 18,3 (twice in verse) (H), 2 Kron 17,4, יְדֵיהֶם ׳מ Klg 3,64; Hag 2,14; Job 33,17 (reading מִמַּעֲשֵׂהוּ ᵐ5 Di Siegf Bu), Ezk 16,30 (behaviour); explicit מַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים Ezr 9,13 compare Praed 4,3; Praed 8,11; Praed 8,14, מַעֲשֵׂיאָֿוֶן Es 59,6 specifically of idolatrous practices, יְדֵיכֶם ׳מ singular 5 Mos 31,29; Jer 25,6; Jer 25,7; Jer 32,30, plural Jer 44,8, compare singular 1 Kong 16,7; 2 Kong 22,17 = 2 Kron 34,25 (3) implicit right, praiseworthy 1 Sam 19,4; 2 Kong 23,19; Jon 3,10; Ord 31,31 of duty in general אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשׂוּן ׳הַמּ 2 Mos 18,20 (E) = what they are to do; explicit Praed 4,4; Praed 8,14 (4) as basis of judgment (good or bad) Es 66,18; Sl 33,15; Sl 62,13; Praed 12,14, יְדֵיהֶם ׳מ Jer 25,14.
\ \ b. (1) work, labour, husbandry 2 Mos 23,16 (E), 1 Mos 5,29 (J), Dom 19,16, יְדֵיכֶם ׳מ Hag 2,17 enforced labour of Israel in Egypt 2 Mos 5,5; 2 Mos 5,13 (J); in general 2 Mos 23,12 (E); also of product of labour 2 Mos 23,16, compare Es 65,22; Praed 5,5 ׳שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ Ezk 46,1 the six working-days; of religious work, ׳עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא ׳מ 1 Kron 23,28, compare ׳מ 2 Kron 31,21 (2) business, pursuit, 1 Mos 46,33; 1 Mos 47,3 (J), Dom 13,12; 1 Sam 25,2; Es 54,16 in general, occupation Es 29,15; Praed 2,4; Praed 2,11; Praed 3,17; Praed 3,22; Praed 8,9; Praed 9,7; Praed 9,10 (3) undertaking, enterprise Es 19,14; Es 19,15; 5 Mos 15,10 יָדֶ֑ךָ ׳מ 5 Mos 2,7 + 5 t. Deuteronomy; 2 Kron 32,30; Job 1,10; Sl 28,4, יָדֵינוּ ׳מ Sl 90,17 (twice in verse). (4) achievement Jer 48,7; Est 10,2 (5) in weakened sense, מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Ord 16,3 thine affairs; nearly = occurrences Praed 1,14 (plural), Praed 2,17; Praed 8,17 (singular).
\ \ c. deed(s), work(s) of ׳י, especially in deliverance and in judgment, Dom 2,7; Dom 2,10; Jos 24,31 (D), Sl 33,4 + 21 t., + יָדָיו ׳מ etc. Es 5,12; Sl 28,5; Sl 92,5 + 4 t.; הָאֱלֹהִים ׳מ in general Praed 7,13; Praed 8,17; Praed 11,5 compare Praed 3,11.

2. a. (1) work, thing made, by man, אֹפֶה ׳מ 1 Mos 40,17 (E) baker's work; יְדֵי יוֺצֵר ׳מ Klg 4,2 often of furnishings of tabernacle, חשֵׁב ׳מ 2 Mos 26,1 + 7 t., רֹקֵם ׳מ 2 Mos 26,36 + 5 t.,אֹרֵג ׳מ 2 Mos 28,32 + 2 t., חָרָשׁ ׳מ 2 Mos 28,11, compare יְדֵי אָמָּן ׳מ Hoj 7,2 of holy oil, etc, רֹקֵחַ ׳מ 2 Mos 30,25 + 2 t. (insert רֹקֵחַ perhaps also 2 Kron 16,14); hence ׳מ = work of art Es 3,24 (of coiffure), compare ׳כְּלִי מ 4 Mos 31,51 followed by noun of material, pattern, etc., עִזִּים ׳מ v4 Mos 31,20 (i.e. goats' hair), see also 2 Mos 27,4; 2 Mos 28,14 +; in temple, שְׂבָכָה ׳מ 1 Kong 7,17, ׳מ שׁוּשַׁן v1 Kong 7,19, etc.; צַעֲצֻעִים ׳מ 2 Kron 3,10, compare הַחֲבִתִּים ׳מ 1 Kron 9,31 the work of (consisting in) bread-wafers; = materials of (prepared for) הָעוֺלָה 2 Kron 4,6 in theoph. לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר ׳מ 2 Mos 24,10 (J); ׳מ of ships 2 Kron 20,37 in general Es 29,16; Ezk 27,16; Ezk 27,18 = thy manufactures, wares; מַעֲשַׂי Sl 45,2 = my verses (ποίημα, poem); (2) workmanship Ezk 1,16 (twice in verse) (Ezk 1,16 a strike out Co Toy) 1 Kong 7,8; 2 Mos 28,8 + 11 t.; (3) יְדֵי אָדָם ׳מ of idols (contemptuously) 5 Mos 4,28; 2 Kong 19,18 = Es 37,19 = 2 Kron 32,19; Sl 115,4; Sl 135,15, compare Es 2,8 (יָדָיו ׳מ), Hos 14,4; Mik 5,12; Jer 1,16 so (יְדֵיׅ ׳מ חָרָשׁ 5 Mos 27,15; Jer 10,3; Jer 10,9 compare Hos 13,2 חֲכָמִים ׳מ Jer 10,9 תַּעְתֻּעִים ׳מ vJer 10,15; Jer 51,18 apparently also מַעֲשֵׂהֶם Es 41,29 compare Es 57,12; Ezk 6,6 יָדָיו ׳מ of altars Es 17,8.
\ \ b. work (made by) God 2 Mos 32,16 (E); especially (poetry and late), of created things, Sl 103,22; Sl 104,24 + 4 t. Psalms; אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ ׳מ Sl 8,4, יָרֶיךָ ׳מ Sl 102,26 (both of heavens), compare Sl 19,2 (heavenly bodies), Sl 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 Es 19,25; Es 60,21; Es 64,7 of weights Ord 16,11 (but read perhaps הַמֶּלֶךְ) for ׳י Gr Toy).
\ \ c. product of olive-tree, זַיִת ׳מ Hab 3,17 figurative product of righteousness Es 32,17.