Lexical Definition

‎פָּעַל‎ pâʻal (paw-al') to work ^H:V
a primitive root

commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).

• to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise

1) to do, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do
1a2) to make

See Greek: ἐνεργέω · ἐπάγω · ἐπιτελέω · ἐργάζομαι · ἔργον · καταρτίζω · κατεργάζομαι · ποιέω · πράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּעַל‎₅₇ verb do, make (in poetry for ‎עָשָׂה‎) (Late Hebrew ‎פּוֺעֵל‎ workman, compare Jewish-Aramaic; Phoenician ‎פעל‎ = Biblical Hebrew (often); Arabic id.; Old Aramaic; ‎פעל‎; Syriac in derived species and derivatives ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular Deut 32:27 +, ‎פָ֫עַל אֵל‎ Num 23:23, 2 masculine singular ‎פָּעַלְתָּ‎ Exod 15:17 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפְעַל‎ Job 22:17 +; 2 masculine singular ‎תִּפְעָלֿ‎ Job 35:6, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎לְפָעְָלָם‎ Job 37:12 (see below); Participle active ‎פֹּעֵל‎ Ps 15:2+, plural construct ‎פֹּעֲלֵי‎ Ps 5:6* +, etc.; —

1. do:
a. of God, with accusative (abstract) Num 23:23; Deut 32:27; Job 33:29, ‎יְשׁוּעוֺת‎ Ps 74:12 + ‎ל‎ person Ps 31:20*; Ps 68:29*; Isa 26:12; Job 22:17 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎פֹּעַל‎ Ps 44:2*; Hab 1:5 accusative omitted Isa 43:13, compare Isa 41:4.
b. of men, with accusative Ps 11:3; Job 11:8, + ‎ל‎ person (God) Job 7:20, + ‎ב‎ person (God) Job 35:6 especially of doing evil, ‎שָׁ֑קֶר‎ Hos 7:1, ‎עָוֶל‎ Job 34:32, ‎עַוְלָה‎ Job 36:23; Ps 58:3*; Ps 119:3, ‎אָוֶן‎ Prov 30:20, especially ‎פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן‎ Hos 6:8; Isa 31:2; Job 31:3; Job 34:8; Job 34:22; Ps 5:6* + 15 t. in Psalms, Prov 10:29; Prov 21:15, ‎פֹּעֲלֵי רָע‎ Mic 2:1 rarely of doing right, with accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּטוֺ‎ Zeph 2:3, ‎צֶדֶק‎ Ps 15:2.
c. of clouds, with accusative Job 37:12 (disregarding ‎֑֯‎).

2. make;
a. of God, with accusative concrete Exod 15:17 + ‎ל‎ of thing Prov 16:4, ‎ל‎ of 2nd object Ps 7:16* ‎פֹּעֲלִי‎ Job 36:3 my Maker.
b. of man, with accusative concrete Isa 44:12; Isa 44:15 accusative omitted Isa 44:12; Ps 7:16*. — Isa 1:31 see ‎פֹּעַל‎.

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