Midvash

מַסָּהmaççâh

מַסָּה: despair, (literally melting, failing) (Job 9:23)

Pronunciation: mas-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4531

Meanings

מַסָּה: test, trial, proving, testings, provings (Psalms 95:8; Job 9:23; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 29:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
  • Deuteronomy 7:19 Remember the great terrors the Lord your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.
  • Deuteronomy 29:3 all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders.
  • Job 9:23 When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).