Leviticus 2:7 — Word Study
WLCוְאִם־ מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃
BSAIfʼim your offeringqorbân [offered as a gift, presented to God, a gift or donation, often given to God as a sacrifice] is a grain offeringminchâh [of wheat, barley, or other cereal, a gift or donation, often given to God as a sacrifice] [cooked] in a panmarchesheth [baked, prepared, a saucepan or stew pan, a common kitchen vessel] it must consistʻâsâh▸ ◂of fine flourçôleth [pure, refined, the fine powder of grain, often used in baking] with oilshemen [mixed, combined, olive oil]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | and if | Conjunction, particle |
| מִנְחַ֥ת | [is] a grain offering of | Noun common, feminine singular construct |
| מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת | a baking pan | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ | present your | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| סֹ֥לֶת | fine flour | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן | with oil | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃ | it will be made | Verb, Niphal, imperfect third person feminine singular |
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| BSB | If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil. |
| KJV | ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. |
| ASV | And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. |
| YLT | 'And if thine offering [is] a present [made] on the frying-pan, of flour with oil it is made, |
| WEB | If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. |
| BBE | And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil. |
Where they part company is מִנְחַ֥ת — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence is structured around a conditional clause, with additional phrases providing details about the offering and its preparation.
7 commentators on this verse
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Deep Study — Leviticus 2:7
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Context — Instructions for Grain Offeringsgenerated
Leviticus 2:7 provides specific instructions for preparing a grain offering. This offering is to be made with fine flour and oil, cooked in a pan, highlighting the importance of quality and method in offerings presented to God. These guidelines reflect the broader sacrificial system established for the Israelites, as seen in the surrounding verses of chapter 2.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leviticus 2:1–2 | “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 1 reference, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — מִנְחַ֥ת, min.Chatgenerated
The Hebrew word מִנְחָה (minchah) refers to an offering or gift, particularly in a religious context. It encompasses various types of offerings, especially those that are bloodless, like grain offerings. The term indicates a donation made to God, often as an act of worship or gratitude.
In this verse, it specifies the grain offering, which is a significant part of the sacrificial system, symbolizing the people's devotion and acknowledgment of God's provision. The parsing as a feminine singular construct shows it is a specific type of offering being referenced.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb תֵּעָשֶֽׂה (it will be made) governs the structure of the sentence, indicating the action of preparing the offering. The sentence is built around this verb, with a noun phrase describing the offering and several prepositional phrases providing details about its composition and preparation.
The order of the Hebrew words emphasizes the offering and its preparation, with the verb at the end, which is typical in Hebrew syntax, allowing for a buildup to the action of making the offering.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the Hebrew מִנְחַ֥ת is rendered as θυσία (thysia), meaning 'sacrifice' or 'offering'. This choice broadens the understanding of the offering beyond just grain, suggesting a more general sacrificial context.
The translation of מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת as ἐλαίῳ (elaio, meaning 'oil') indicates a focus on the ingredient's significance in the offering, which aligns with the Hebrew emphasis on quality and preparation.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Leviticus 2:7 explains how to prepare a grain offering for God. It must be made with fine flour and oil, cooked in a pan. This shows the importance of quality and method in the offerings that the Israelites were to present.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
A grain offering is a type of offering made from fine flour and often includes oil, presented to God as a form of worship or gratitude.
The method of preparation reflects the care and reverence the offerer has for God, emphasizing the quality of the offering.
Fine flour symbolizes purity and quality, indicating that the offering should be the best available.
This verse is part of a larger set of instructions for various offerings in Leviticus, showing the structured approach to worship in ancient Israel.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What does it mean to present my best to God in my own life?
- How can I ensure that my offerings, whether time, resources, or talents, reflect quality and care?
- In what ways do I see the significance of preparation in my spiritual practices?
- How can understanding the details of these offerings help me appreciate the broader context of worship?
Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Leviticus 2:7 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in the fryingpan,.... It is asked (m), what difference there is between the pan, and the fryingpan?
Read John Gill on Leviticus 2 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Read Robert Jamieson on Leviticus 2 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsLeviticus 2:7 And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in the fryingpan, it shall be made [of] fine flour with oil.Ver. 7. Baken in the frying pan.] So, My heart is frying of a good matter, saith David.
Read John Trapp on Leviticus 2 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Baken in the frying-pan.—Better, boiled in a pan. This is a deeper vessel than the frying-pan, and corresponds more to our stew-pan or pot. In this deep vessel the cakes were boiled in oil.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Leviticus 2 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 7. The frying-pan] מרחשת marchesheth, supposed to be the same with that called by the Arabs a ta-jen, a shallow earthen vessel like a frying-pan, used not only to fry in, but for other purposes. On the different instruments, as well as the manner of baking in the east, Mr. Harmer, in his observations on select passages of Scripture, has collected the following curious information. "Dr. Shaw informs us that in the cities and villages of Barbary, there are public ovens, but that among the Bedouins, who live in tents, and the Kabyles, who live in miserable hovels in the mountains, their bread, made into thin cakes, is baked either immediately upon the coals, or else in a ta-jen, which he…
Read AdamClarke on Leviticus 2 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges7. frying pan] Only here and Leviticus 7:9. The Mishna (Tal. Bab. Menaḥ ?oth 63 a) describes this vessel as having a cover and deep; what is put into it is boiled and moist, while what is placed on the baking pan (‘flat plate’ mg. of R.V. and A.V.) is baked crisp and hard, and broken into pieces (Leviticus 2:6). Cp. Leviticus 7:9-10.
Read Cambridge on Leviticus 2 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible7. Fryingpan — The Hebrew word is found in only one other place in the Bible, Leviticus 7:9. Gesenius and Furst define it as a kettle for boiling.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Leviticus 2 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil.
If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil.
If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil.
Tyndale line
¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
And if thy oblation shall be a meat-offering baked in the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
And if thy meate offring be an oblation made in the caldron, it shalbe made of fine floure with oyle.
Strictly literal
And if thine offering be an oblation [prepared] in the cauldron, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
'And if thine offering [is] a present [made] on the frying-pan, of flour with oil it is made,
And if your offering [is] a present [made] on the frying-pan, it is made of flour with oil,
And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baked in the deep pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
If your grain offering is cooked in a pan, it must be made with fine flour and oil.
From the Latin
And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron, in like manner the flour shall be tempered with oil:
Simplified
If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must be made of fine flour with olive oil.
And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text is supported by the Septuagint, which agrees on six out of seven words, indicating a close alignment in the understanding of this verse. The Samaritan Pentateuch differs by one word, using מנחה (present) instead of the Masoretic term, but the overall meaning remains consistent.
וְאִם־ מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃
6 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
ואם מנחה מרחשׁת קרבנך סלת בשׁמן תעשׂה
1 word differs from the Masoretic Text: מנחה (present)
[ואם] [מנחת] [מרחשת] [קרבנ׳ך] [סלת] [בשמן] תעשה
1 word on the leather — 6 supplied entire by an editor.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Leviticus 2:7
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
אִם (im) is a Hebrew conjunction primarily meaning 'if' and is used in various contexts, including conditional clauses and interrogative situations. It can also express negation, alternatives, or exceptions, and appears frequently in the Old Testament. The lexicons note its use in oaths and its ability to connect different clauses, sometimes altering their meanings.
אִם conj.
hypoth. part. if
Interrog. part.
base
כִּי אם־
each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
that if
for if
(About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—
limiting the prec. clause, except
the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
after an oath, surely
base
H518a אִם conj. . hypoth. part. if
. Interrog. part.
H518b כִּי אם־ . each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause: . that if
. for if
. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause— . limiting the prec. clause, except
. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
. after an oath, surely
518 'im eem
a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!;
interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh
that!, when; hence, as a negative, not:--(and, can-,
doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, +
more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or,
+ save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more,
none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when,
whereas, whether, while, + yet.
אִם (im) — if.
: if/whether_or/though
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
[כִּי] אם (ki im) — if: except.
1) except if
1a) but if
אִם (im) — if: surely no.
: surely_no
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
אִם (im) — if: surely yes.
: surely_yes
1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather
אִם (im) — if: until.
: until/except
Conj | Conj — Conjunction · particleHC/Tc
מִנְחָה (minchah) refers to a gift or offering, particularly in a religious context. It encompasses a range of meanings including tribute, voluntary offerings, and specifically bloodless sacrifices, often grain offerings. The term is derived from a root meaning to apportion or bestow, indicating a donation or present, especially to God.
מִנְחָה 153 n.f. gift, tribute, offering
gift, present
tribute
offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals
grain offering
grain-offering, always with this meaning in P
vbs. of offering are
base
H4503 מִנְחָה gift, tribute, offering
4503 minchah min-khaw'
from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a
donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial
offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):--gift, oblation,
(meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
מִנְחָה (min.chah) — offering.
: offering/sacrifice
1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering
1a) gift, present
1b) tribute
1c) offering (to God)
1d) grain offering
מִנְחָה (min.chah) — offering: gift.
: gift
1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering
1a) gift, present
1b) tribute
1c) offering (to God)
1d) grain offering
מִנְחָה (min.chah) — offering: tribute.
: tribute
1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering
1a) gift, present
1b) tribute
1c) offering (to God)
1d) grain offering
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular constructHNcfsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
מַרְחֶ֫שֶׁת (marchesheth) refers to a type of cooking vessel, specifically a stew-pan or frying pan. It is derived from the root word meaning to boil or stew, indicating its use in cooking. The entries consistently describe it as a pan used for preparing food.
מַרְחֶ֫שֶׁת n.f. stew-pan, sauce-pan
base
H4802 מַרְחֶ֫שֶׁת
4802 marchesheth mar-kheh'-sheth
from 7370; a stew-pan:--fryingpan.
see HEBREW for 07370
מַרְחֶ֫שֶׁת (mar.che.shet) — pan.
saucepan, stew pan
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
See BREAD; PAN.
קָרְבָּן (qorban) refers to an offering or oblation, specifically something brought near the altar as a sacrificial present. The term has two spellings: קָרְבָּן and קֻרְבָּן, both meaning 'offering.' The word is derived from a root meaning to bring near.
קָרְבָּן 80 n.m. offering, oblation
base
[קֻרְבָּן] n.[m.] offering
base
H7133a קָרְבָּן offering, oblation H7133b קֻרְבָּן offering
7133 qorban kor-bawn'
or qurban {koor-bawn'}; from 7126; something brought near the
altar, i.e. a sacrificial present:--oblation, that is
offered, offering.
see HEBREW for 07126
קׇרְבָּן (qor.ban) — offering.
offering, oblation
Also means: qur.ban (קֻרְבָּן "offering" H7133B)
קֻרְבָּן (qur.ban) — offering.
offering
Another spelling of qor.ban (קׇרְבָּן "offering" H7133A)
N-ms | Suff — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp2ms
סֹ֫לֶת (solet) refers to fine flour, derived from a root meaning to strip, suggesting a process of refinement. The term is consistently defined across entries, emphasizing its use in contexts related to meal or flour in the Old Testament.
סֹ֫לֶת 53 n.f. fine flour
base
H5560 סֹ֫לֶת fine flour
5560 coleth so'-leth
from an unused root meaning to strip; flour (as chipped
off):--(fine) flour, meal.
סֹ֫לֶת (so.let) — fine flour.
fine flour
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
flour.
See BREAD; FOOD.
Flour
Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water was kneaded in kneading-troughs, and sometimes leaven (Ex. 12:34) was added and sometimes omitted (Gen. 19:3). The dough was then formed into thin cakes nine or ten inches in diameter and baked in the oven.
Fine flour was offered by the poor as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:11-13), and also in connection with other sacrifices (Num. 15:3-12; 28:7-29).
[BREAD]
→ See BARLEY
→ See BREAD
→ See OFFERING
→ See WHEAT
שֶׁ֫מֶן (shemen) refers to fat or oil, particularly olive oil, and includes meanings related to richness and anointing. It is derived from the root word for grease and can also metaphorically describe fertile land. The entries consistently highlight its use in contexts like medicinal applications and anointing.
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 n.m. fat, oil
base
H8081 שֶׁ֫מֶן fat, oil
8081 shemen sheh'-men
from 8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive,
often perfumed); figuratively, richness:--anointing, X fat
(things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
see HEBREW for 08080
שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) — oil.
1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHRd/Ncmsa
oil (shemen; elaion):
1. Terms
2. Production and Storage
3. Uses
(1) As a Commodity of Exchange
(2) As a Cosmetic
(3) As a Medicine
(4) As a Food
(5) As an Illuminant
(6) In Religious Rites
(a) Consecration
(b) Offerings
(c) Burials
4. Figurative Uses
Shemen, literally, "fat," corresponds to the common Arabic senin of similar meaning, although now applied to boiled butter fat.
1. Terms:
Another Hebrew word, zayith (zeth), "olive," occurs with shemen in several passages (Ex 27:20; 30:24; Le 24:2). The corresponding Arabic zeit, a contraction of zeitun, which is the name for the olive tree as well as the fruit, is now applied to oils in general, to distinguish them from solid fats. Zeit usually means olive oil, unless some qualifying name indicates another oil. A corresponding use was made of…
Oil
Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (
Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is the one of which most frequent mention is made in the Scriptures. Gathering , --The olive berry was either gathered by hand or shaken off carefully with a light reed or stick. Pressing . --In order to make oil the fruit, was either bruised in a mortar crushed in a press loaded with wood or stones, ground in a mill, or trodden with the feet. The "beaten" oil of (Exodus 27:20; 29:40; Leviticus 24:2; Numbers 28:6) was probably made by bruising in a mortar, It was used-- (1) As food. Dried wheat, boiled with either butter or oil, but generally the former, is a common dish for all classes in Syria. (
Was employed from the earliest periods in the east, not only for the purpose of consecration, but to anoint the head, the beard, and the whole person in daily life, Ge 28:18. See ANOINTING. It was also universally used for food, Eze 16:13. Fresh and sweet olive oil was greatly preferred to butter and animal fat as a seasoning for food, and to this day in Syria almost every kind of food is cooked with oil. It had a place also among the meat-offerings in the temple, being usually mixed with the meal of the oblation, Le 5:11 6:21. For lamps, also, pure olive oil was regarded as the best, and was used in illuminating the tabernacle. These many uses for oil made the culture of the olive-tree an extensive and lucrative business,
עָשָׂה (asah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to do or make, encompassing a wide range of actions such as producing, preparing, and observing. It can refer to both concrete and abstract activities, including making offerings and attending to tasks. The verb also has forms indicating passive meanings, such as being made or offered. Notably, the Piel form refers to pressing or squeezing.
עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make
Qal 2524
do (1560 t.)
deal with
oft. in phr. do kindness with
abs. act, act with effect
make (670 t.)
produce, yield
prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
make offering
attend to, put in order
observe, celebrate, religious festival
acquire property of various kinds
appoint priests
bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
use
spend, pass, days of life
Niph.
97be done
be made, of concr. things
be produced from vine
be prepared, of food
be offered
be observed, passover
be used
Pu. I was made
base
[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze
base
H6213a עָשָׂה do, make .. . do (1560 + t.)
. deal with
. oft. in phr. do kindness with
. abs. act, act with effect
. . make (670 + t.)
. produce, yield
. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
. make offering
. attend to, put in order
. observe, celebrate, religious festival
. acquire property of various kinds
. appoint priests
. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
. use
. spend, pass, days of life
. . be done
. . be made, of concr. things
. be produced from vine
. be prepared, of food
. be offered
. be observed, passover
. be used
. I was made
H6213b עָשָׂה Pi. press, squeeze
6213 `asah aw-saw'
a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and
widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance,
appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth,
bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal
(with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in)
execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, +
finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go
about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X
indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain,
make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare,
bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure,
provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin,
spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be
(warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to make: do.
: do/perform
1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to press.
(Piel) to press, squeeze
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to make.
: make(OBJECT)
1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
V-Niphal-Imperf-3fs — Verb · Niphal · imperfect third person feminine singularHVNi3fs