פֹּעַל

n.m. Pr 20:11 doing, deed, work (poet. and late, nearly = מַעֲשֶׂה);—פ׳ abs. Hb 1:1 ψ 44:2, cstr. Dt 33:11 +; sf. פָּעֳלוֹ 32:4 +, פֹּעֲלוֹ Is 1:31 (Köii. 1, 35, 493 Ges§ 93 q, v. infr.), Je 22:13; פָּעָלְכֶם Is 41:24, etc.; pl. פְּעָלִים; 2 S 23:20; 1 Ch 11:22;— deed, thing done: of God, פָּעֳלוֹ his work in providence Dt 32:4; Is 5:12; Jb 36:24; in deliverance ψ 44:2 (as acc. cogn.), 77:13 + 5 times; in judgment 64:10; 95:9, as acc. cogn. Hb 1:5. of false gods Is 41:24. of men, daily toil Jb 24:5 ψ 104:23; specif. act Ru 2:12; פ׳ יָדָיו of sacrificing Dt 33:11; pl. of achievements 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:32; action as having moral quality Jb 34:11; Pr 20:11; 24:12, 29, evil implied Je 25:14; 50:29; Jb 36:9 ψ 28:4, פ׳ כַּפָּיו 9:17; פ׳ חָמָס Is 59:6; good action Pr 21:8. work, thing made: by hands of God Is 45:9, 11 (of men). by man Is 1:31 (i.e. prob. his idol Ges CheComm. Di al.; > read בַּעֲלוֹ LagSem. 1:5 StaZAW iii (1883), 12 f.). wages of work Je 22:13; Jb 7:2. acquisition of treasures Pr 21:6.