4284 machashabah makh-ash- aw-baw' or machashebeth {makh-ash- eh'-beth}; from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice):-- cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought. see HEBREW for 02803