to make: do
a.sah denotes carrying out an action, including making objects and doing what is commanded or judged right.
The sampled uses chiefly describe carrying out an action or deed, whether a person follows an instruction, acts toward others, or God acts. In contexts involving materials and objects, it describes making or fashioning them; it also occurs for doing justice, keeping commands, and, in passive forms, something being made or done.
Senses in use
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Carry out an action or deed · dominant
This is used for undertaking a specified act: in 1 Chronicles 14:16 the APB renders David acting as God commanded, while in 1 Chronicles 21:17 David admits having done evil. In 1 Chronicles 19:13, the action is left to the LORD, whom the APB renders as doing what seems good in his sight.
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Make or fashion a material object · common
In object-making contexts, the verb concerns producing or preparing tangible things. In 1 Kings 10:12 the APB renders the king making supports, lyres, and harps from wood; 1 Kings 10:16 and 1 Kings 10:18 likewise describe shields and a throne made for the king.
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Do what is required, right, or just · common
The verb appears with standards to be carried out. In 1 Chronicles 22:13 the APB renders keeping and doing the statutes and judgments; in 1 Kings 11:38 it renders doing what is right while keeping statutes and commandments. In 1 Chronicles 18:14, the active participle occurs in the clause the APB renders as David doing justice and righteousness for his people.
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Be made or done · rare
The supplied Niphal forms present the result as happening to its subject rather than naming an active maker. In 1 Kings 10:20 the APB says that nothing like the throne arrangement had been made, and in 1 Samuel 11:7 it renders the threatened outcome as something to be done to the oxen.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses “did,” “do,” “made,” “make,” and “doing.” These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed equivalents for every occurrence.