Lexical Summary nasah: to test, try Original Word: נָסָהTransliteration: nasah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-saw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to test, try Meaning: to test, to attempt Strong's Concordance adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt -- adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5254. nasah [נָסָה] verb Pi`el test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; ᵑ7 Pa`el נַסִּי; Syriac Pa`el ; compare Ethiopic temptation); — Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular נִסָּה Deuteronomy 4:34 3t.; suffix נִסָּהוּ Exodus 15:25; 3feminine singular נִסְּתָה Deuteronomy 28:56; 1singular נִסִּיתִי Ecclesiastes 7:23, + 4 t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְנַסֵּם Daniel 1:14; 1singular אֲנַסֶּה Judges 6:39; suffix אֲנַסְּכָה Ecclesiastes 2:2-3;masculine plural יְנַסּוּ Numbers 14:22; 2masculine plural תְּנַסּ֑וּן Exodus 17:2, + 7 t. Imperfect; Imperative נַס Daniel 1:12; suffix נַסֵּנִי Psalm 26:2; Infinitive construct נַסּוֺת Exodus 20:20, + 8 t. Infinitive; Participle מְנַסֶּה Deuteronomy 13:4; — 1 test, try (synonym בחן), absolute 1 Samuel 17:39 (a sword); with בְּ Judges 7:39; Ecclesiastes 2:1; with accusative Daniel 1:12, 14; accusative + בְּ 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1; Ecclesiastes 7:23. 2 attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deuteronomy 4:34; 28:56; with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word). 3 test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see DrDeuteronomy 6:16; Psalms 453, 483] a. God tests or proves Abraham Genesis 22:1 (E), Israel Exodus 15:25; 20:20 (E), 16:4 (J), Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; 13:4; with בְּ Judges 2:22; 3:1, 4; tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:31; psalmist Psalm 26:2. b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 14:22 (J), Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18; 78:41; 78:56; 95:9; 106:14; so Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12. |
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