Deuteronomy 6:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א תְנַסּ֔וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִסִּיתֶ֖ם בַּמַּסָּֽה

Transliteration

Not tĕnassû ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem as which nissîtem in-the-massāh

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tĕnassû*: Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall test
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
*ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as
*nissîtem*: Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you tested
*ba-massāh*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in Massah

Word Meanings

*tĕnassû*: test/try/put to the test
*nissîtem*: you tested/you tried/you put to the test
*massāh*: Massah/testing/trial (place name meaning 'testing')

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Referenced Verses

Luke 4:12 : 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Exod 17:7 : 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Ps 95:8-9 : 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Exod 17:2 : 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Heb 3:8-9 : 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Num 20:3-4 : 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Num 20:13 : 13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
Num 21:4-5 : 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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