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(Heb. Massah', îִñָּä , trial, as often; Sept. ðåéñáóìüò , ðåßñá ; Vulg. tentatio), a name given to the spot in Rephidim where the Israelites provoked Jehovah by murmuring for want of water; otherwise called MERIBAH (Exo_17:7; Deu_6:16; Deu_9:22; Deu_28:8). The name also occurs (in the Heb.), with mention of the circumstances which occasioned it, in Psa_95:8-9, and its Greek equivalent in Heb_3:8.