נעשה

נעשה

Hebrew

Root
ע־שׂ־ה‎ (ʿ-ś-h)

Verb

נַעֲשָׂה • (na'asá) (nif'al construction, active counterpart עָשָׂה‎)

1. to be done, performed, executed
   • Esther 6:11, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     כָּכָה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ

     kácha yeasé laísh ashér hamélech chaféts bikaró

     Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

2. to be made, created, brought into being.
   • Leviticus 7:9, with Young's Literal Translation:

     וְכָל־מִנְחָה אֲשֶׁר תֵּאָפֶה בַּתַּנּוּר וְכָל־נַעֲשָׂה בַמַּרְחֶשֶׁת וְעַל־מַחֲבַת לַכֹּהֵן הַמַּקְרִיב אֹתָהּ לוֹ תִהְיֶה

     v'chol-minchá ashér teafé batanúr v'chol-na'asá vamarchéshet v'al-machavát lakohén hamakrív otáh ló tihyé

     and every present which is baked in an oven, and every one done in a frying-pan, and on a girdel, [is] the priest's who is bringing it near; it is his

3. to become, turn into.
   • c. 1170–1180, Maimonides, משנה תורה‎,‎ עדות chapter 14:

     מי שהיה יודע לחבירו עדות עד שלא נעשה חתנו ונעשה חתנו… הרי זה פסול

     Someone who knew testimony of his friend when he had not yet become his son-in-law, and became his son-in-law,… he is invalid [as a witness]

   • 1979, Shlomo Artzi (lyrics and music), “פִּתְאוֹם כְּשֶׁלֹא בָּאת [Suddenly When You Didn't Come]”:

     ‏פִּתְאוֹם כְּשֶׁלֹא בָּאת, / אֲנִי רָצִיתִי כָּל כָּךְ, / וּפִתְאוֹם כְּשֶׁלֹּא בָּאת / נַעֲשָׂה לִי קַר,‎‎

     Suddenly when you didn't come, / I wanted very much, / And suddenly when you didn't come, / I became cold,

Usage notes

• The present tense נַעֲשֶׂה (na'asé) is now often pronounced (like the past tense) נַעֲשָׂה (na'asá).

Conjugation

Conjugation of נַעֲשָׂה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: להיעשות / לְהֵעָשׂוֹת‎ action noun: היעשות / הֵעָשׂוּת‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	נַעֲשֵׂיתִי‎		נַעֲשֵׂינוּ‎
	second	נַעֲשֵׂיתָ‎	נַעֲשֵׂית‎	נַעֲשֵׂיתֶם‎	נַעֲשֵׂיתֶן‎
	third	נַעֲשָׂה	נַעַשְׂתָה‎	נַעֲשׂוּ‎
present		נַעֲשֶׂה	נַעֲשֵׂית‎	נַעֲשִׂים‎	נַעֲשׂוֹת‎
future	first	איעשה / אֵעָשֶׂה‎		ניעשה / נֵעָשֶׂה‎
	second	תיעשה / תֵּעָשֶׂה‎	תיעשי / תֵּעָשִׂי‎	תיעשו / תֵּעָשׂוּ‎	תיעשינה / תֵּעָשֶׂינָה‎1
	third	ייעשה / יֵעָשֶׂה‎	תיעשה / תֵּעָשֶׂה‎	ייעשו / יֵעָשׂוּ‎	תיעשינה / תֵּעָשֶׂינָה‎1
imperative		היעשה / הֵעָשֵׂה‎	היעשי / הֵעָשִׂי‎	היעשו / הֵעָשׂוּ‎	היעשינה / הֵעָשֶׂינָה‎1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

נַעֲשֶׂה • (na'asé)

1. First-person plural future (prefix conjugation) of עָשָׂה‎ (asá).
   • Genesis 1:26, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ

     vayómer elohím na'asé adám b'tsalménu kidmuténu

     And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness