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Meaning and etymology of the name Baaseiah
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Baaseiah 
The name Baaseiah occurs only one time in the Bible. He is mentioned as a son of Malchijah and the father of Michael in a genealogy of Asaph of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:40).
The etymology of the name Baaseiah is a bit of a mystery, although it obviously consists of two elements. The final part is formed from  , Jah, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHWH.
The problem lies with the first part of the name Baaseiah. There is no root  (b's) in Hebrew, so it was probably formed from something else, maybe through people speaking a dialect. There seems to be somewhat of a consensus among scholars that the B of Baaseiah was originally an M, and that the root this name came from is the very common Hebrew verb  ('asa), meaning to do, fashion, or accomplish (make war - Genesis 14:2, do kindly - Judges 1:24, do folly - Deuteronomy 22:21). The obvious Hebrew noun derived from this verb is  (ma'aseh), meaning a work or deed. This noun may be the source of our name, assuming that the B and the M sounded somewhat alike in the olden days.
For a meaning of the name Baaseiha, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Work Of Yahweh, and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes the similar Work Of The Lord. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate but does refer to the verb asah, albeit with an added question mark.
Other names derived from the root asa are
Asahel,
Asaiah,
Asiel,
Eleasah,
Esau,
Jaasiel and
Jaasu.
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