Day 69 of 75 · Judgment and liberation

N-S-Y

nesyona: the trial

נסא · נסיונא · מנסין

ܢܣܐ · ܢܶܣܝܽܘܢܳܐ · ܡܢܰܣܶܝܢ

The feel

This root names testing with an edge: pressure meant to expose, trap, or break you. The coin question carries this force. Nesyona is not a passing craving, but the ordeal that reveals what you are made of. To ask, “Do not bring us to the trial,” is to know your own material honestly.

The root family

Form	Pattern	Transliteration	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
nassi	Pael verb	nassi	נסא ܢܣܐ	to test, to tempt	to test, to put to the test
mnaseyn	Pael participle, m. pl.	mnaseyn	מנסין ܡܢܰܣܶܝܢ	you are tempting	you are testing (Mt 22:18)
damnase	d- + participle, "the one who…"	damnase	דמנסא ܕ݁ܰܡܢܰܣܶܐ	the tempter	the tester (Mt 4:3)
nesyona	noun, -ona action pattern	nesyunā	נסיונא ܢܶܣܝܽܘܢܳܐ	temptation	the trial (Mt 6:13)

Paradigm forms are a teaching scaffold from standard Aramaic grammar; corpus-attested words above are drawn from the glossary.

The verb stems

Stem	Form	Sense	In this corpus
Peal	—	—	not attested
Ethpeel	—	—	not attested
Pael	nassi	test, put to the test	attested: mnaseyn, Mt 22:18
Ethpaal	etnassi	be tested, undergo the trial	scaffold form; the passive shape of the testing
Aphel	—	—	not attested
Ettaphal	—	—	not attested

Stem table is a grammar scaffold: how Aramaic bends one root through voice and cause.

In his voice

Matthew 6:13 · interlinear

And do not bring us to the trial, but rescue us from what is wrong.

lnesyunā , "to the trial." The root's noun names the ordeal itself, right at the close of the prayer (standard: "temptation").

Matthew 22:18 · interlinear

But Yeshua knew their malice. "Why are you testing me, you actors?" he said.

mnaseyn , "testing." The Pael participle: they are running a live probe on him, and he names it.

Matthew 4:3 · interlinear

The tester came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

damnase , "the one who tests," the tester. The adversary in the wilderness is titled by this root: his whole role is the probe.

Practice

Recall one recent moment when you felt tested. Notice what happened to your breath, posture, and speech. Then say slowly, “Do not bring us to the trial.”

Say lnesyunā slowly: feel the honesty of asking not to enter the trial.

Connections

B-Y-Sh, what is wrong nassi: to test

Witness note: the forms above rest on the Peshitta as the primary witness, with Palestinian Aramaic attestation marked where a Western source carries the word.

‹ Previous root All 75 roots Next root ›