Lexical Definition

‎נָסַע‎ nâçaʻ (naw-sah') to set out ^H:V
a primitive root

cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.

• properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

1) to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pull out or up
1a2) to set out, depart
1a3) to journey, march
1a4) to set forth (of wind)
1b) (Niphal) to be pulled up, be removed, be plucked up
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to set out, lead out, cause to spring up
1c2) to remove, quarry

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נָסַע‎₁₄₇ 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 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 33:17 +, 3 masculine plural ‎נָָֽסְעוּ‎ Deut 10:6, ‎נָסָ֑עוּ‎ Num 2:34 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִסַּע‎ Isa 33:20, ‎וַיִּסַּע‎ Gen 12:9 +, suffix ‎וַיִּסָּעֵם‎ Judg 16:3 3 masculine plural ‎יִסְעוּ‎ Exod 40:36 +, ‎יִסָּ֑עוּ‎ Num 2:9 +; 2 masculine plural ‎תִּסְעוּ‎ Josh 3:3 1 plural ‎נִסְעָה‎ cohortative Gen 33:12, ‎וַנִּסַּע‎ Deut 1:19; Deut 2:1, ‎וַנִּסְעָה‎ Ezra 8:31, etc.; Imperative ‎סְעוּ‎ Deut 2:24 +; Infinitive absolute Gen 12:9 construct ‎נְסֹעַ‎ Josh 3:14 +; suffix ‎נָסְעָם‎ Gen 11:2; Num 10:34 Participle ‎נֹסֵעַ‎ Exod 14:10; Num 10:33 plural ‎נֹסְעִים‎ Num 10:29 —

1. pull out or up, city-gate and gate-posts Judg 16:3 loom vJudg 16:14 (on text compare GFM), tent-pegs Isa 33:20 (figurative of Jerusalem; compare also Niph`al).

2. hence (from pulling up tent-pegs),
a. set out Gen 35:5; Num 12:15 (both E), Jer 4:7 (|| ‎יָצָא מִמְּקוֺמוֺ‎); even of lifeless things, e.g. the ark, ‎הָאָרוֺן‎ Num 10:35 (JE); often in P: Exod 14:15; Exod 40:37; Num 1:51; Num 4:5; Num 4:15; Num 9:17 + 8 t. Num 9; Num 10:5; Num 10:6; Num 10:17; Num 10:18; Num 10:21; Num 10:22; Num 10:25, so probably also Num 2:8 + 6 t. Num 2 (see below; even of lifeless things, ‎דֶּגֶל‎ Num 10:18; Num 10:12, ‎מִשְׁכָּן‎ Num 1:51, ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ Num 2:17), Num 33:3 ‎וַיִּסַּעוַ֗֗֗יָּבֹא‎ Gen 46:1 (E) and Israel set out, and came, etc., Exod 16:1; Exod 19:2; Num 20:22; Josh 9:17 (all P), Deut 1:7, ‎נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה‎ Deut 33:12 (J); (‎וַ֗֗֗יַּעֲלוּ‎) ‎וַיִּסְעוּ‎ Judg 18:11, ‎סְעוּ וְעִבְרוּ‎ Deut 2:24 ‎׳‎‎נ‎ often with ‎מִן‎ Gen 35:16 (E), Num 10:34 (JE), ‎מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Josh 3:14 (JE), set out from their tents, to cross, etc.; compare ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎מִןלָ֗֗֗לֶכֶת‎ Ezra 8:31 with ‎מִן‎ + ‎ויבא‎, Josh 3:1 (JE), Num 33:9 (P), + ‎וַיֵּלֶךְ‎ vNum 33:3 (D), Deut 1:19, + ‎וַיַּעַבְרוּ‎ Num 33:8 (P); + ‎וַיָּשָׁב‎ + ‎וַיַּחֲנוּ‎ Num 33:7 (P).
b. depart, with ‎מִן‎ Gen 37:17 (J), 2Kgs 3:27; 2Kgs 19:8; 2Kgs 19:36 = Isa 37:8; Isa 37:37 even of ‎עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן‎ Exod 14:19 (J); of angel vExod 14:19 (E; + ‎וַיֵּלֶךְ‎).

3. journey, march (by stages) Gen 12:9; Gen 35:21 (both J), Num 10:13; Num 10:14; Num 10:28 (P), (possibly also Num 2:9 etc., compare 2 above); + ‎לְמַסְעֵיהֶם‎ according to their stations, i.e. by stages Exod 17:1; Num 10:12 (+ ‎מִן‎), compare Exod 40:36 (all P); followed by ‎ה‎ locative Gen 12:9; Gen 33:17 (both J), Deut 1:40; Deut 2:1 ‎סְעוּ לָכֶם‎ ‎הַמִּדְבָּר‎ Num 14:25 (JE); followed by ‎מִקֶּדֶם‎ eastward (see ‎מִן‎

1. c) Gen 11:2; Gen 13:11 (both J), ‎אַחֲרֵי‎ Exod 14:10 (J), ‎אֶלֿ‎ Num 10:29, ‎לִפְנֵי‎ vNum 10:33 (of ark; all J); followed by ‎מִן‎ + ‎ה‎ locative Gen 20:1 (E), Deut 10:6; Deut 10:7; Exod 12:37 (P), + accusative of location Num 11:35 (JE); followed by ‎מִן‎ + accusative of distance, ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Num 10:33 (JE), Num 21:4 (P); especially ‎וַיִּסְעוּ מִןוַ֗֗֗יַּחֲנוּ‎ Num 21:12; Num 21:13 (JE), Exod 13:20; Num 21:11; Num 33:5 + 37 t. Num 33 (all P); of shepherds Jer 31:24. — ‎נָָֽסְעוּ כְמוֺ צאֹן‎ Zech 10:2 is dubious; We ‎נָעוּ‎ or ‎יָנֻעוּ‎, so Now.

4. of wind, ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ מֵאֵת י‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Num 11:31 there set forth (sprang up) a wind from ‎׳‎‎י‎. Niph`al Perfect be pulled up, removed: 3 masculine singular ‎דּוֺרִי נִסַּע וְנִגְלָה מִנִּי כְּאֹהֶל רֹעִי‎ Isa 38:12 of tent-peg ‎הֲלֹא נִסַּע‎ Job 4:21 (reading ‎יְתֵדָם‎ for ‎יִתְרָם‎, see II. ‎יֶתֶר‎). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַסַּע‎ Ps 78:26, ‎וַיַּסַּע‎ Exod 15:22 + 2 t.; 2 masculine singular ‎תַּסִּיעַ‎ Ps 80:9*, 3 feminine singular ‎תַּסִּיעִי‎ 2Kgs 4:4 3 masculine plural ‎וַּיַּסִּ֫עוּ‎ 1Kgs 5:31* Participle‎מַסִּיעַ‎ Eccl 10:9 —

1. cause to set out, lead out, with accusative of person Exod 15:22 (J; + ‎מִן‎, ‎וַיֵּצְאוּ‎), Ps 78:52 (‎כַּצּאֹן‎; || ‎וַיְנַהֲגֵם‎), Ps 80:9* (‎מִן‎; figurative of vine); figurative of a wind, cause to spring up, ‎יַסַּע קָדִים‎ Ps 78:26 (|| ‎וַיְנַהֵג‎; compare Qal 4).

2. remove, with accusative of thing 2Kgs 4:4 ‎וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי‎ Job 19:10 specifically, remove from quarry, quarry: 1Kgs 5:31* and they quarried great stones, compare Eccl 10:9.

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