לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה

   le-ma-A-se

   to the work of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ

   le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu

   to the work of our hands
3. clause🔊 אַשּׁוּר לֹא יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל־סוּס֙ לֹא נִרְכָּ֔ב וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר ע֛וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ

   a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu

   Assyria not will save us on a horse not we will ride and we will not say again our God to the work of our hands
4. sentence🔊 אַשּׁוּר לֹא יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל־סוּס֙ לֹא נִרְכָּ֔ב וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר ע֛וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ יְרֻחַ֥ם יָתֽוֹם׃

   a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu a-SHER-be-KHA ye-ru-KHAM ya-TOM

   Assyria not will save us on a horse not we will ride and we will not say again our God to the work of our hands for in you is shown mercy an orphan

Exegesis

The third denial shifts to worship language: wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar {וְלֹא־נֹאמַר | wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar} ‘and we will not say’ plus ʿod {ע֚וֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘again’ introduces a decisive break, with ʾelohenu {אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ʾĕlōhênû} ‘our gods’ functioning as the quoted address directed lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû {לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ | lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû} ‘to the work of our hands’, exposing handmade idols as the rejected object of devotion.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ע־שׂ־הAyin–Sin–Heh

“do, make”

• 🔊 מַעֲשֶׂהmaʿăsehwork, deedEcclesiastes 1:14