Midvash

עָשָׂהʻâsâh

עָשָׂה: do, make

Pronunciation: aw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6213

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (Genesis 3:1; Hosea 8:6; Deuteronomy 22:21)

I.

1. do

a. do (Genesis 3:14; Genesis 20:10; 2 Kings 12:3)

b. work for (Genesis 30:30; 1 Samuel 14:6; Ezekiel 29:20)

2. deal with (2 Chronicles 2:2; Daniel 1:13; Ezekiel 20:44)

3. often in phrase, do kindness (חֶסֶד) with (Genesis 19:19; Genesis 24:12; Genesis 12:14)

4. act, act with effect, especially of ׳ י (1 Kings 8:32; 1 Kings 8:39; Jeremiah 14:7)

II.

1 make

b. often of God's making (creating) (Genesis 3:1; Genesis 1:7; Genesis 1:16)

c. make something (Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 9:12; Deuteronomy 10:1)

d. make a name (שֵׁם) for oneself (2 Samuel 7:9; 1 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Samuel 8:13)

e. make war with (Genesis 14:2; Joshua 11:18; Deuteronomy 20:12)

f. with ב (Judges 21:15)

g. with double accusative, make something out of (accusative of material) (Exodus 25:18; Exodus 28:13; Exodus 37:17)

2. produce, yield (Hosea 8:7; Isaiah 5:2; Isaiah 5:4)

3. prepare, especially of dressing and cooking food (Genesis 18:7; Genesis 18:8; Judges 6:19)

4. make offering (Judges 13:16; Jeremiah 33:18; Leviticus 16:24)

5. attend to, put in order (Deuteronomy 21:12; 2 Samuel 19:25)

6. observe, celebrate (Exodus 12:48; Numbers 9:4; Numbers 9:6)

7. acquire property of various kinds (Genesis 12:5; Genesis 31:5; Isaiah 15:7)

8. appoint (1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:33; 2 Chronicles 2:17)

9. bring about (Exodus 14:13; 1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 23:10)

10. use (1 Samuel 8:16; Exodus 38:24)

11. spend, pass (Ecclesiastes 6:12)

Niph`al

1. be done, (passive of Qal I. 1.)

a. be done, be committed (Judges 16:11; Nehemiah 6:16; Nehemiah 6:9)

b. is (are) not done, not to be done (Genesis 20:9; Genesis 29:26; Genesis 34:7)

c. be done to, be done for (1 Samuel 11:7; Exodus 2:4; Exodus 21:31)

d. be done (Daniel 9:12)

2. (passive of Qal II): a. be made, of conr. things 1Kgs 10:20 = 2Chr 9:19 (throne), Jer 3:16 (ark), 2Kgs 12:14; Ezek 43:18; Exod 25:31; Num 4:36 (P); with accusative mat; Lev 2:7. b. be produced from (מִן) vine Num 6:4. c. be prepared, of food Exod 12:16; Lev 6:14; Lev 7:9 (all P), Neh 5:18 (twice in verse). d. be offered, מִנְחָה Lev 2:8; Lev 2:11, kid Num 28:15; Num 28:24. e. be observed, passover 2Kgs 24:22; 2Kgs 24:23 (ל of deity) = 2Chr 35:18; 2Chr 35:19 Purim Esth 9:28. f. be used + ל of thing Lev 7:24 (P); Lev 13:51 (P) Ezek 15:5 (twice in verse).

a. be made (1 Kings 10:20; 2 Chronicles 9:19; Jeremiah 3:16)

b. be produced (Numbers 6:4)

c. be prepared (Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 7:9)

d. be offered (Leviticus 2:8; Leviticus 2:11; Numbers 28:15)

e. be observed (2 Kings 24:22; 2 Kings 24:23; 2 Chronicles 35:18)

f. be used (Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 13:51; Ezekiel 15:5)

Pu`al: was made (Psalms 139:15)

עָשָׂה: Pi`el: press, squeeze (Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2,629 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:7 And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
  • Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
  • Genesis 1:12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
  • Genesis 1:25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
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