נָסָה nâçâh — to test
Translated in the KJV as adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt.
nâçâh in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 10Infinitive construct 10Wayyiqtol 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Cohortative 2Imperative 2Participle (active) 1
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›