שֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמּ׳
Ez 46:1
the six working-days;
of religious work,
מ׳ עֲבֹדַת בֵּית הָא׳
1 Ch 23:2
8,
cf.
מ׳
2 Ch 31:2
1; (2)
business, pursuit
,
Gn 46:33
;
47:3
(
J
),
Ju 13:12 1 S 25:2 Is 54:1
6; in gen.,
occupation
Is 29:15 Ec 2:
4,
11
;
3:17
,
22
;
8:9
;
9:7
,
10
; (3)
undertaking, enterprise
Is 19:1
4,
15 Dt 15:1
0;
מ׳ יָדֶ˜ךָ
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.
).
c.
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׳ חָאֱלֹהִים
in gen.
Ec 7:13
;
8:17
;
11:5
cf.
3:1
1.
2.
a.
(1)
work, thing made
, by man,
מ׳ אֹפֶה
Gn 40:17
(
E
)
baker’s work;
מ׳ יְדֵי יֹוצֵר
La 4:
2; often of furnishings of tabern.,
מ׳ חֹשֵׁב
Ex 26:1
+
7 times,
מ׳ רֹקֵם
26:36
+
5 times,
מ׳ אֹרֵג
28:32
+
2 times,
מ׳ חָרָשׁ
28:1
1,
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 31:5
1;
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 7:1
7,
שׁוּשַׁן מ׳
v
1
9, 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)
הָעֹולָה
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 1:1
6; so (
יְדֵי
)
חָרָשׁ מ׳
Dt 27:15 Je 10:
3,
9
,
cf.
Ho 13:
2;
מ׳ חֲכָמִים
Je 10:
9;
מ׳ תַּעְתֻּעִים
v
15 51:1
8; appar. also
מַעֲשֵׂהֶם
Is 41:29
cf.
57:12 Ez 6:
6;
מ׳ יָדָיו
of altars
Is 17:8
.
b.
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 הַמֶּלֶךְ for י׳ Gr Toy). c. product of olive-tree, מ׳ זַיִת Hb 3:1 7; fig. product of righteousness Is 32:1 7.
theoph Theophrastus. Co C. H. Cornill.