עָשׂוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָשׂוּ֙

   a-SU

   made
2. clause🔊 וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י בָבֶ֗ל עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־סֻכּ֣וֹת בְּנ֔וֹת וְאַנְשֵׁי־כ֔וּת עָשׂ֖וּ אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל

   ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL

   and men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth and men of Cuth made Nergal
3. sentence🔊 וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י בָבֶ֗ל עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־סֻכּ֣וֹת בְּנ֔וֹת וְאַנְשֵׁי־כ֔וּת עָשׂ֖וּ אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י חֲמָ֖ת עָשׂ֥וּ אֶת־אֲשִׁימָֽא׃

   ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL ve-an-SHE kha-MAT a-SU et-a-shi-MA

   and men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth and men of Cuth made Nergal and men of Hamath made Ashima

Exegesis

The repeated finite verb asu {עָשׂוּ | ʿāśû} ‘they made’ presents each action as a completed establishment of cultic objects.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ע־שׂ־הAyin–Sin–Heh

“to make, do”