Lexical Summary maccah: despair Original Word: מַסָּהTransliteration: maccah Phonetic Spelling: (mas-saw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: despair Meaning: a testing, of men, of God Strong's Concordance temptation, trial From nacah; a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) -- temptation, trial. see HEBREW nacah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4531. maccah I. [מַסָּה] noun feminine despair (literally melting, failing); — only יִלְעָ֑ג נְקִיִּים לְמַסַּת Job 9:23 at the despair of innocent ones he mocketh; so ᵑ7 Ew Di Bu Du > Ges Hi and others trial (by calamity), √ נסה. II. מַסָּה noun feminine test, trial, proving; — ׳מ Psalm 95:8; construct מַסַּת Job 9:23; plural מַסֹּת Deuteronomy 4:34; 7:19, מַסּוֺת 29:2; — testingsor provings of Pharaoh and Egyptians at Exodus, 4:34 (see Dr), 7:19; 29:2 ("" אֹתֹת); — test, trial, of innocent person Job 9:23 according to Hi and others, but see I. מַסָּה below מסס. |