I. נָסַע 147 verb pull out or
up, set out, journey (Late Hebrew
id., move, march; Assyrian
nisû,
set out,
withdraw, etc. Dl
HWB 470; Nö
ZMG x1(1886), 723 compare also Arabic

, Ethiopic

[rare]
pull up, away, so Ba
ES 51); —
Qal137 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נ׳ Genesis 33:17 +,
3rd person masculine plural נָֽסְעוּ Deuteronomy 10:6,
נָסָ֑עוּ Numbers 2:34 +, etc.;
Imperfect יִסַּע Isaiah 33:20,
וַיִּסַּע Genesis 12:9 +, suffix
וַיִּסָּעֵם Judges 16:3;
3rd person masculine plural יִסְעוּ Exodus 40:36 +,
יִסָּ֑עוּ Numbers 2:9 +;
2nd person masculine plural תִּסְעוּ Joshua 3:3; 1st person plural
נִסְעָה cohortative
Genesis 33:12,
וַנִּסַּע Deuteronomy 1:19;
Deuteronomy 2:1,
וַנִּסְעָה Ezra 8:31, etc.;
Imperative סְעוּ Deuteronomy 2:24 +;
Infinitive absolute Genesis 12:9;
construct נְסֹעַ Joshua 3:14 +; suffix
נָסְעָם Genesis 11:2;
Numbers 10:34;
Participle נֹסֵעַ Exodus 14:10;
Numbers 10:33; plural
נֹסְעִים Numbers 10:29; —
2. hence (from pulling up tent-pegs),
a. set out Genesis 35:5;
Numbers 12:15 (both E),
Jeremiah 4:7 (||
יָצָא מִמְּקוֺמוֺ); even of lifeless things, e.g. the ark,
הָאָרוֺן Numbers 10:35 (JE); often in P:
Exodus 14:15;
Exodus 40:37;
Numbers 1:51;
Numbers 4:5,
15;
Numbers 9:17 +
8 times Numbers 9;
Numbers 10:5,
6,
17,
18,
21,
22,
25, so probably also
Numbers 2:8 +
6 times Numbers 2 (see below; even of lifeless things,
דֶּגֶל Numbers 10:18,
12,
מִשְׁכָּן Numbers 1:51,
אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Numbers 2:17),
Numbers 33:3;
וַיִּסַּעוַ֗֗֗יָּבֹא Genesis 46:1 (E)
and Israel
set out, and came, etc.,
Exodus 16:1;
Exodus 19:2;
Numbers 20:22;
Joshua 9:17 (all P),
Deuteronomy 1:7,
נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה Deuteronomy 33:12 (J); (
וַ֗֗֗יַּעֲלוּ)
וַיִּסְעוּ Judges 18:11,
סְעוּ וְעִבְרוּ Deuteronomy 2:24;
נ׳ often with
מִן Genesis 35:16 (E),
Numbers 10:34 (JE),
מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר נ׳ Joshua 3:14 (JE),
set out from their tents, to cross, etc.; compare
נ׳ מִןלָ֗֗֗לֶכֶת Ezra 8:31; with
מִן +
ויבא,
Joshua 3:1 (JE),
Numbers 33:9 (P), +
וַיֵּלֶךְ Numbers 33:3 (D),
Deuteronomy 1:19, +
וַיַּעַבְרוּ Numbers 33:8 (P); +
וַיָּשָׁב +
וַיַּחֲנוּ Numbers 33:7 (P).
3. journey, march (by stages)
Genesis 12:9;
Genesis 35:21 (both J),
Numbers 10:13,
14,
28 (P), (possibly also
Numbers 2:9 etc., compare
2 above); +
לְמַסְעֵיהֶם according to their stations, i.e. by stages
Exodus 17:1;
Numbers 10:12 (+
מִן), compare
Exodus 40:36 (all P); followed by
ה locative
Genesis 12:9;
Genesis 33:17 (both J),
Deuteronomy 1:40;
Deuteronomy 2:1;
סְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר Numbers 14:25 (JE); followed by
מִקֶּדֶם eastward (see
מִן l.c.)
Genesis 11:2;
Genesis 13:11 (both J),
אַחֲרֵי Exodus 14:10 (J),
אֶלֿ Numbers 10:29,
לִפְנֵי Numbers 10:33 (of ark; all J); followed by
מִן +
ה locative
Genesis 20:1 (E),
Deuteronomy 10:6,
7;
Exodus 12:37 (P), + accusative of location
Numbers 11:35 (JE); followed by
מִן + accusative of distance,
דֶּרֶךְ Numbers 10:33 (JE),
Numbers 21:4 (P); especially
וַיַּחֲנוּ ֗֗֗ מִן וַיִּסְעוּ Numbers 21:12,
13 (JE),
Exodus 13:20;
Numbers 21:11;
Numbers 33:5 +
37 times Numbers 33 (all P); of shepherds
Jeremiah 31:24. —
צאֹן כְמו נָֽסְעוּ Zechariah 10:2 is dubious; We
נָעוּ or
יָנֻעוּ, so Now.
4. of wind,
רוּחַ מֵאֵת י׳ נ׳ Numbers 11:31 there set forth (sprang up) a wind from
י׳.
Niph. Perfect be pulled up, removed: 3rd person masculine singular דּוֺרִי נִסַּע וְנִגְלָה מִנִּי כְּאֹהֶל רֹעִי Isaiah 38:12; of tent-peg
הֲלֹא נִסַּע Job 4:21 (reading
יְתֵדָם for
יִתְרָם, see II.
יֶתֶר).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסַּע Psalm 78:26,
וַיַּסַּע Exodus 15:22 +
2 times;
2nd person masculine singular תַּסִּיעַ Psalm 80:9,
3rd person feminine singular תַּסִּיעִי 2 Kings 4:4;
3rd person masculine plural וַּיַּסִּ֫עוּ 1 Kings 5:31;
Participleמַסִּיעַ Ecclesiastes 10:9; —
1. cause to set out, lead out, with accusative of person
Exodus 15:22 (J; +
מִן,
וַיֵּצְאוּ),
Psalm 78:52 (
כַּצּאֹן; ||
וַיְנַהֲגֵם),
Psalm 80:9 (
מִן; figurative of vine); figurative of a wind,
cause to spring up,
יַסַּע קָדִים Psalm 78:26 (||
וַיְנַהֵג; compare
Qal 4).
2. remove, with accusative of thing
2 Kings 4:4;
וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי Job 19:10; specifically,
remove from quarry,
quarry: 1 Kings 5:31
and they quarried great stones, compare
Ecclesiastes 10:9.
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