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# מַסָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4531

**test** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

test [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4531/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסָּה⁴: n.f. test [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4531/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. test, trial, proving;—cstr. מַסַּת Jb 9:23; pl. מַסֹּת Dt 4:34; 7:19, מסּוֹת Dt 29:2:—testings or provings of Pharaoh and Egyptians at Exodus, Dt 4:34 (v. Dr), 7:19; 29:2 (‖ אֹתֹת);—test, trial, of innocent person Jb 9:23 according to Hi al., but v. i. מַסָּה sub מסס.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: trials (3).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 29:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.29.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.29.2/#tree)

הַמַּסּוֹת֙ הַגְּדֹלֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָא֖וּ עֵינֶ֑יךָ הָאֹתֹ֧ת וְהַמֹּפְתִ֛ים הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים הָהֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* the trials (the) great which they.saw eyes your the signs and the wonders (the) great (the) those

*JPS 1917:* the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders;

[Deuteronomy 7:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.19/#tree)

הַמַּסֹּ֨ת הַגְּדֹלֹ֜ת אֲשֶׁר־רָא֣וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְהָאֹתֹ֤ת וְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ וְהַיָּ֤ד הַחֲזָקָה֙ וְהַזְּרֹ֣עַ הַנְּטוּיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כֵּֽן־יַעֲשֶׂ֞ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה יָרֵ֖א מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* the trials (the) great which they.saw eyes your.own and the signs and the wonders and the hand (the) strong and the arm (the) outstretched which he brought.you.out Yahweh God your thus he.will.do Yahweh God your to all the peoples which you \[are\].afraid of them

*JPS 1917:* the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4531.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4531/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).