מַסָּה (massâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning despair. It appears
5 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4531).
Also rendered
test
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1373a)
Root family 1373: נָסָהnāsâ — test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof, put to the test. (Other renderings infrequently found: ASV adventure, proveth; RSV make a test, attempt, venture, be used to; ASV and RSV make trial.)