The meaning of “מַסָּה”
Understanding maççâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
temptation, trial. - a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) 1) despair, test 1a) despair 1b) testing, provin...
מַסָּה
temptation, trial. - a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) 1) despair, test 1a) despair 1b) testing, proving, trial
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 4:34 | “Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?” Word: מַסָּה (maççâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 7:19 | “The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.” Word: מַסָּה (maççâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 29:3 | “The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:” Word: מַסָּה (maççâh) | |
| Job 9:23 | “If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.” Word: מַסָּה (maççâh) | |
| Psalms 95:8 | “Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:” Word: מַסָּה (maççâh) |
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