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nsy vb. to test; to tempt
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto test1 sense▶
to test
Sam
Dpaˁˁelto test2 senses▶
1
to test
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgO Ex15:25↗ מַיָא תַמָן גְזַר לֵיה קְיָם וְדִין וְתַמָן נַסְיֵיה‏ : there did He sanctify a just covenant with him and there he tested him ; TN Gen22:1↗ text not cited ; AGnEx 83.21↗ ܢܣܝ ܬܘܒ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܒܪܗܡ‏ : God tested Abraham again ; BT Tan 9a(6)↗ ומי שרי לנ{י}סויי לקדשא ב׳ה‏ : is it permitted to test God? ; BT San 101b(56)↗ נסויי קא מנסי לן‏ : He is in fact testing us ; BT San 107a(9)↗ אין, מנסינא לך ועבדנא נמי {{ב}}^מ^ילתא בהדך‏ : yes I will test you and do something with you ; PJ Gen22:1↗ ומן יד מימרא דייי נסי ית אברהם‏
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to tempt
CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgPs78:18↗ ונסיאו אלהא בליבהון‏
2
to attempt, try
Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA
GeZA8 3:8 ܡ݁ܢܣܐ ܐܢܐ ܠܡܬܠ ܦܘܢܝ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܠܫ̈ܘܐܠܐ ܫܪ̈ܘܝܐ‏ : I shall attempt to give a response to the recent questions ; BT AZ 15a(13)↗ תא נסייה ניהלי‏ : come try (the animal) for me ; PJ Deut28:56↗ text not cited
(1)
to experience, i.e. to attempt repeatedly
Syr
EphFid 42:8.3↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܥܕܟܝܠ ܛܥܡܬܝܗܝ ܘܢܣܝܬܝܗܝ‏ : because up to now you have not tasted it nor tried it ; P Dt28:56↗ ܠܐ ܢܣܝܬ ܦܣܬܐ ܕܪܓܠܗ݀ ܠܡܩܡ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : the sole of whose foot did not experience standing on the ground
(1)
p.p. : experienced
Syr
LSt.16:10↗ ܒܗ݀ܝ ܕܛܒ ܡܢܣܝ ܒܩܛܠܐ ܕܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ‏ : inasmuch as he is well experienced with the killing of people
(2)
to experiment
Gal
KohR[1]15:3(28)↗ אמ׳ טב לי מנסי בהדין אריא יהב עלוי ואחייה וקם עליה ואכליה‏ : he thought "I had better experiment on this lion;" so he put it onto it and revived it; it attacked him and ate him
Cˀafˁelto examine, test (?)1 sense▶
to examine, test (?)
Syr, Man
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be tempted, tested (b_ through, l_ by)1 sense▶
to be tempted, tested (b_ through, l_ by)
CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
P Mt4:1↗ ܕ݁ܢܸܬ݂ܢܲܣܸܐ ܡܸܢ ܐܵܟ݂ܸܠܩܲܪܨܵܐ‏ ; BT San 107a(7)↗ אינהו מינסו לי, את לא מינסית לי‏ : they have been tested by me, you have not been tested by me ; TgPs60:6↗ יהבתא לדחליך ניסא לאיתנסאה ביה‏ : you gave your believers a miracle to be tested by ; TgEsth105:14↗ ד{בז}<כד>ו לא איתנסיאו חד מנהון בצליבת קיסא ואשתזיב‏ : up until now none of them had been tested by being hung on a pole and been saved
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The unique instance of an apparent afel at Pesh NT:2Cor 13:5 for Greek πειράζετε is probably to be understood as the pael of ˀsy, thus by scribal error from the pael of nsy due to the well-known expression "heal thyself" at Luke 2:23.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 925[433]DJPA: 354aDJBA: 758bJastrow: 916Drower/Macuch: 301bJ. Payne-Smith: 341Tal Sam: 532aAudo: 2:100DCPA[Schulthess]: 267[125]

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