{"def":{"lit":"work of Jehovah","short":"Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites","long":["a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra","a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra","a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra","a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra","father of Azariah","one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people","a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people","one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah","a Benjamite ancestor of Sallu","a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra","another priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra","father of Zephaniah the prophet in the reign of Zedekiah","father of Zedekiah the false prophet in the time of Jeremiah","a Levite of the 2nd rank who David appointed to sound with psalteries on Alamoth","son of Adaiah and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of king Joash of Judah","an officer of high rank in the reign of king Uzziah","son of king Ahaz of Judah who was killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by king Pekah of Israel","governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah","son of Shallum and a Levite of high rand in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah","ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah and a priest"]},"deriv":"or מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ; from H4639 and H3050; work of Jah","pronun":{"ipa":"mɑ.ʕə̆.ɬeˈjɔː","ipa_mod":"mɑ.ʕə̆.seˈjɑː","sbl":"maʿăśēyâ","dic":"ma-uh-say-YAW","dic_mod":"ma-uh-say-YA"}}