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title: מַסָּה — despair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסָּה (lemma:מַסָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: despair. BDB 1906: n.f. despair. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסָּה

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«מַסָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **despair** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מַסָּה · **BDB:** מַסָּה³

### Glosses

despair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

despair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. despair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. despair (lit. melting, failing);—only לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּים יִלִעָ֑ג Jb 9:23 at the despair of innocent ones he mocketh; so 𝔗 Ew Di Bu Du \> Ges Hi al. trial (by calamity), √ נסה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.23/)

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אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃

*Word for word:* if a.scourge it.kills suddenly (to).\[the\] despair of.innocent.\[ones\] he.mocks

*JPS 1917:* If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.

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