Hebrew

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To do: to take 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.
3. (transitive) To make: to cause to be.

   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.

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

References

• “H6213”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• שעה