Isaiah 19:15:3Isa.19.15.W3TAB
מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה
maase
“a deed”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-SE
- Extended
- mah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /ma.ʕăˈsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a deed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-SE
- clause
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim ma-a-SE
- sentence
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SE ROSH ve-za-NAV kip-PA ve-ag-MON
Exegesis
The noun ma’aseh {מַעֲשֶׂה | ma-‘ă-sêh} “work” serves as the direct object, linked by the relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} to the verb ya’aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-‘ă-sêh} “will do.”
Root and etymology
“to do, work”
In context — Isaiah 19:15
And there will be no work for Egypt that the head or the tail, the branch or the reed can perform.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 19:15, so the Hebrew word מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה (maase) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.19.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.15.W3.S1) and character.