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title: מַסָּה — Massah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסָּה (4532), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Massah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Massah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4532 · **BDB:** מַסָּה⁵

### Glosses

Massah (4); of.Massah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Massah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4532/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4532/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. where Israel tried י׳ in the wilderness, Ex 17:7 (JE), Dt 6:16; 9:22 ψ 95:8 (all 𝔊 (ὁ) πειρασμός), where Levi was tested Dt 33:8 (𝔊 πείρᾳ). v. Gall Kultstätten 32 interprets as place of trial (ancient judgment-place) and identif. with Ḳadesh, called also מְרִיבָה (מֵי) and עֵין מִשְׁפָּט.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1502/4532/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.16/)

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לֹ֣א תְנַסּ֔וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִסִּיתֶ֖ם בַּמַּסָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.put.to.the.test (et) Yahweh God your just as you.put.\[him\].to.the.test at (the) Massah

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

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[Psalms 95:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.8/)

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אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* do.not harden heart your like Meribah like the.day of.Massah in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* 'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

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