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)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1373a)test, trial, proving; testing; temptation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַסָּהnoun, feminine: test, trial, proving
Strong's H4531מַסָּה: a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) KJV:temptation, trial.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.