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title: מַסָּה — test · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסָּה (4531), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: test. BDB 1906: n.f. test. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסָּה

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«מַסָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **test** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4531 · **BDB:** מַסָּה⁴

### Glosses

trials (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4531/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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

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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.

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