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bāḥan בָּחַן ‘to test’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

bāḥan v
1) to examine, try, prove
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to examine, scrutinise
  1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
 1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved
 1c) (Pual) to make a trial

Mentioned in Genesis 42:15, 42:16 Jeremiah 9:6, 17:10, 11:20, 20:12, 6:27, 12:3 Ezekiel 21:18 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:10, 3:15 Psalms 95:9, 11:4, 11:5, 139:23, 7:10, 66:10, 17:3, 26:2, 81:8 Proverbs 17:3 Job 34:36, 12:11, 34:3, 7:18, 23:10 1 Chronicles 29:17

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