וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה

   u-ma-SE

   and work of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדַי֙

   u-ma-SE ya-DAI

   and work of my hands
3. clause🔊 בָּר֨וּךְ עַמִּ֜י מִצְרַ֗יִם וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדַי֙ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ba-RUKH a-MI mits-ra-YIM u-ma-SE ya-DAI a-SHUR ve-na-kha-la-TI yis-ra-EL

   blessed my people Egypt and work of my hands Assyria and my inheritance Israel
4. sentence🔊 אֲשֶׁ֧ר בֵּרֲכ֛וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּר֨וּךְ עַמִּ֜י מִצְרַ֗יִם וּמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדַי֙ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   a-SHER be-ra-KHO ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT le-MOR ba-RUKH a-MI mits-ra-YIM u-ma-SE ya-DAI a-SHUR ve-na-kha-la-TI yis-ra-EL

   whom or which he blessed him the LORD of hosts saying blessed my people Egypt and work of my hands Assyria and my inheritance Israel

Exegesis

The infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê-ʾō-mər} marks the transition into direct speech, which unfolds as a triadic series of equative appositions: barukh ammi Mitzrayim {בָּרוּךְ עַמִּי מִצְרַיִם | bā-rûḵ ʿam-mî mi-ṣrā-yim} ‘Egypt is my people’, umaase yadai Ashur {וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדַי אַשּׁוּר | u-mə-ʿă-sê yā-ḏay ʾǎ-šur} ‘Assyria is the work of my hands’, and venachalati Yisrael {וְנַחֲלָתִי יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-nă-ḥă-lā-ṯî yi-srā-ʼēl} ‘Israel is my inheritance’. The parallel structure underscores equal divine favor across nations.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־שׂ־הayin–shin–heh

“to do, make”

• 🔊 עָשָׂהʿā-sāhdo, makeGenesis 1:1