•[נָסָה
S
5254
TWOT
1373
GK
5814
]
vb.
Pi.
test, try
(NH
id.
, Pi.;
å
Pa.
נַסִּי; Syriac Pa.
ܢܰܣܺܝ
(
nasi
);
cf.
Ethiopic
˜˜˜˜
(
mansut
)
temptation
)
;—
Pi.
Pf.
3
ms.
נִסָּה
Dt 4:34
+
3 times;
sf.
נִסָּהוּ
Ex 15:2
5;
3
fs.
נִסְּתָה
Dt 28:5
6;
1
s.
נִסִּיתִי
Ec 7:2
3,
+
4 times
Pf.
;
Impf.
3
ms. sf.
יְנַסֵּם
Dn 1:1
4;
1
s.
אֲנְסֶּה
Ju 6:39
;
sf.
אֲנַסְּכָה
Ec 2:
2;
3
mpl.
יְנַסּוּ
Nu 14:2
2;
2
mpl.
תְּנַסּ˜וּן
Ex 17:2
,
+
7 times
Impf.
;
Imv.
נַס
Dn 1:1
2;
sf.
נַסֵּנִי
ψ 26:2
;
Inf. cstr.
נַסֹּות
Ex 20:20
,
+
8 times
Inf.
;
Pt.
מְנַסֶּה
Dt 13:
4;—
1.
test, try
(syn.
בחן
),
abs.
1 S 17:39
(equipment);
c.
בְּ
Ju 6:39 Ec 2:
1;
c.
acc.
Dn 1:1
2,
14
;
acc. +
בְּ
1 K 10:1
=
2 Ch 9:1
,
Ec 2:1
;
7:23
.
2.
attempt, essay, try
to do a thing,
c.
Inf.
Dt 4:34
(
c.
לְ
)
28:56
;
c.
acc.
Jb 4:2
(
venture
a word).
3.
test, try, prove, tempt
[but not in modern sense of the word:
v. Dr
Dt 6:1
6;
ψ
ψ 453
,
483
]
a.
God
tests
or
proves
Abr.
Gn 22:1
(
E
), Isr.
Ex 15:25
;
20:20
(
E
),
16:4
(
J
),
Dt 8:2
,
16
;
13:4
;
c.
בְּ
Ju 2:2
2;
3:1
,
4
; tribe of Levi
Dt 33:8
(poem); Hezekiah
2 Ch 32:31
; psalmist
ψ 26:2
.
b.
Isr.
tests
, or
tries
God:
Ex 17:2
,
7 Nu 14:22
(
J
),
Dt 6:16
ψ 78:18
,
41
,
56
;
95:9
;
106:14
; so Ahaz,
Is 7:12
.
• II . מַסָּה S 4531, 4532 TWOT 1223b GK 4999, 5000, 5001 n.f. test, trial, proving ;— cstr.
מַסַּת Jb 9:2 3; pl. מַסֹּת Dt 4:3 4; 7:19 , מסֹּות Dt 29: 2:— testings or provings of Pharaoh and Egyptians at Exodus, Dt 4:34 ( v. D r), 7:19 ; 29:2 ( ||
אֹתֹת );— test, trial , of innocent person Jb 9:23 according to Hi al. , but v. I .
מַסָּה sub מסס .
• III . מַסָּה S 4531, 4532 TWOT 1223b GK 4999, 5000, 5001 n.pr.loc. where Israel tried י׳ in the wilderness, Ex 17:7 (JE), Dt 6:16 ; 9:22 ψ 95:8 (all Ö (ὁ) πειρασµός ), where Levi was tested Dt 33:8 ( Ö πείρᾳ ). v. Gall
Kultstätten 32 interprets as place of trial (ancient judgment-place) and identif. with Ḳadesh , called also מְרִיבָה
( מֵי ) and עֵין מִשְׁפָּט .
•[נָסַח
S
5255
TWOT
1374
GK
5815
]
vb.
pull or tear away
(NH
נָסַח,
å
נְסַח
both
remove;
Assyrian
nasâḫu
= B
H, so Old Aramaic
נסח
Cook
82 Lzb
323; Arabic
نَسَخَ
(
nasaḫa
)
annul, supersede, change by substitution, copy;
cf.
Assyrian
nisḫu, nusḫu
,
extract, excerpt
Dl
HWB 472 Meissn
ZA iv (1889), 267
;
NH
נָסְחָה
, Nab.
נסחת
id.
,
ms. masculine singular. BH Biblical Hebrew. Cook Stanley A. Cook. Meissn B. Meissner.