Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 12:42
“And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4641 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
- Derivation
- or מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ; from H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) and H3050 (יָהּ); work of Jah;
- KJV renderings
- Maaseiah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 15:181 Chronicles 15:202 Chronicles 23:12 Chronicles 26:112 Chronicles 28:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַעֲשֵׂיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.