עשה

עשה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־שׂ־ה‎ (ʿ-ś-h)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎓𐎌𐎊 (ʿšy, “to make, work”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈsa/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔ.sɔ/, /u.su/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈsa/, [ŋaˈsa]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕɔːˈsɔː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕɔˈsɔ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕaːˈɬaː/ → /ʕaːˈsaː/

Verb

עָשָׂה • (asá) (pa'al construction, present עוֹשֶׂה‎, future יַעֲשֶׂה‎, passive participle עָשׂוּי‎, passive counterpart נַעֲשָׂה‎)

1. (transitive) To do (to perform an action, to accomplish a thing).
   • Genesis 32:11, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכָּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ‎

     katónti mikól hakhasadím umikol-ha'emét 'ashér 'asíta 'et-'avdékha
     qāṭṓntī mikkōl haḥăsāḏīm ūmikkol-hāʾĕmeṯ ʾăšer ʿāśī́ṯā ʾeṯ-ʿaḇdéḵā

     I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant

2. (transitive) To make; to create.

   ‏עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל‎

   He who makes peace in his high places, may he make peace upon us and upon all Israel.

3. (transitive) To make (to cause to be).
4. (slang, transitive) To say (to utter).
5. (slang, transitive) To do (to have sex with).

Usage notes

• Unlike English do, עָשָׂה never introduces a bare infinitive; however, it does frequently act as a “light” verb, with the main verbal force being carried by its direct object; hence עשה קניות‎ (asá k'niyót, “to do shopping”), עשה כביסה‎ (asá k'visá, “to do laundry”), and so on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָשָׂה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לַעֲשׂוֹת‎ action noun: עֲשִׂיָּה‎ passive participle: עָשׂוּי‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	עָשִׂיתִי‎		עָשִׂינוּ‎
	second	עָשִׂיתָ‎	עָשִׂית‎	עֲשִׂיתֶם‎1	עֲשִׂיתֶן‎1
	third	עָשָׂה	עָשְׂתָה‎	עָשׂוּ‎
present		עוֹשֶׂה‎	עוֹשָׂה‎	עוֹשִׂים‎	עוֹשׂוֹת‎
future	first	אֶעֱשֶׂה‎		נַעֲשֶׂה‎
	second	תַּעֲשֶׂה‎	תַּעֲשִׂי‎	תַּעֲשׂוּ‎	תַּעֲשֶׂינָה‎2
	third	יַעֲשֶׂה‎	תַּעֲשֶׂה‎	יַעֲשׂוּ‎	תַּעֲשֶׂינָה‎2
imperative		עֲשֵׂה	עֲשִׂי‎	עֲשׂוּ‎	עֲשֶׂינָה‎2
notes		Pronounced עָשִׂיתֶם‎ and עָשִׂיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• עָשָׂה אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ‎ (asá ét sheló)
• עָשָׂה חַיִל‎ (asá kháyil)
• עָשָׂה כְּבִיסָה‎ (asá k'visá)

References

• H6213 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• שעה‎