BDB5227
[נָסָה] verb Pi`el test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; ᵑ7 Pa`el נַסִּי; Syriac Pa`el [untranscribed source text 3338]; compare Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3339] 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.