Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts מַעֲשֵׂיָה(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History From the Hebrew name מַעֲשֵׂיָה (Maʿaseya) meaning "work of Yahweh", from the roots מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿase) meaning "deed, work" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of numerous Old Testament characters (mostly minor).