מַעֲשֵׂיָה
Maʻăsêyâh · mah-as-ay-yaw'
Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ; from H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) and H3050 (יָהּ); work of Jah;
Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Maaseiah.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲשֵׂיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and maaseiah8 · 35%
- maaseiah8 · 35%
- of maaseiah7 · 30%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.