Lexical Definition

‎נָסָה‎ nâçâh (naw-saw') to test ^H:V
a primitive root

adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

• to test
• by implication, to attempt

1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to test, try
1a2) to attempt, assay, try
1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt

See Greek: ἐκπειράζω · λαμβάνω · πεῖρα · πειράζω · πειράω

Extended Information

meaning of: נָסָה

• : try/attempt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָסָה‎] verb Pi`el test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; ᵑ7 Pa`el ‎נַסִּי‎; Syriac Pa`el ; compare Ethiopic temptation); —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִסָּה‎ Deut 4:34 + 3 t.; suffix ‎נִסָּהוּ‎ Exod 15:25 3 feminine singular ‎נִסְּתָה‎ Deut 28:56 1 singular ‎נִסִּיתִי‎ Eccl 7:23, + 4 t. Perfect; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יְנַסֵּם‎ Dan 1:14 1 singular ‎אֲנַסֶּה‎ Judg 6:39 suffix ‎אֲנַסְּכָה‎ Eccl 2:2 3 masculine plural ‎יְנַסּוּ‎ Num 14:22 2 masculine plural ‎תְּנַסּ֑וּן‎ Exod 17:2, + 7 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎נַס‎ Dan 1:12 suffix ‎נַסֵּנִי‎ Ps 26:2 Infinitive construct ‎נַסּוֺת‎ Exod 20:20, + 8 t. Infinitive; Participle ‎מְנַסֶּה‎ Deut 13:4* —

1. test, try (synonym ‎בחן‎), absolute 1Sam 17:39 (a sword); with ‎בְּ‎ Judg 7:39; Eccl 2:1 with accusative Dan 1:12; Dan 1:14 accusative + ‎בְּ‎ 1Kgs 10:1 = 2Chr 9:1; Eccl 7:23.

2. attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deut 4:34; Deut 28:56 with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word).

3. test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see Dr^{Deut 6:16}; Psalms 453, 483]
a. God tests or proves Abraham Gen 22:1 (E), Israel Exod 15:25; Exod 20:20 (E), Exod 16:4 (J), Deut 8:2; Deut 8:16; Deut 13:4* with ‎בְּ‎ Judg 2:22; Judg 3:1; Judg 3:4 tribe of Levi Deut 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2Chr 32:31 psalmist Ps 26:2.
b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exod 17:2; Exod 17:7; Num 14:22 (J), Deut 6:16; Ps 78:18; Ps 78:41; Ps 78:56; Ps 95:9; Ps 106:14 so Ahaz, Isa 7:12.

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