ma.a.lal denotes actions viewed in their moral quality, consequences, or recompense, whether human or God's.

The term denotes actions considered in relation to their character and result: most often human conduct described as evil, changed for the better, or answered with judgment; it can also refer to God's mighty actions. The supplied forms are predominantly masculine plural construct forms, linking the actions to those who perform them.

1. Actions assessed by character or consequence · dominant

   The plural construct form identifies a person's or group's actions in contexts of moral evaluation and response. In Jeremiah 7:3 the APB renders the call to amend both “ways and your deeds”; in Jeremiah 17:10 it renders recompense according to the “fruit of his deeds”; and in Ezekiel 36:31 remembered actions are described as “not good.” The same construction also occurs with God's actions: in Psalm 77:12 the APB renders reflection on God's “mighty deeds.”

   Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 17:10Ezekiel 36:31Psalm 77:12Isaiah 3:10Psalm 28:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB commonly uses “deeds,” including “evil deeds,” “fruit of... deeds,” and “mighty deeds.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.