BDB5243
I. נָסַע147 verb pull out or up, set out, journey (Late Hebrew id., move, march; Assyrian nisû , set out, withdraw, etc. DlHWB 470; NöZMG x1(1886), 723 compare also Arabic [untranscribed source text 3349], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3350] [rare] pull up, away, so BaES 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 Judg 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
(
J
E
); 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 (
J
E
), מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר
׳
נ
Josh 3:14
(
J
E
), set out from their tents, to cross, etc.; compare ׳
נ
מִןלָ֗֗֗לֶכֶת
Ezra 8:31
with מִן + ויבא, Josh 3:1 (
J
E
),
Num 33:9 (
P
), + וַיֵּלֶךְ Num 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 Exod 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
(
J
E
); 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 Num 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 (
J
E
); followed by מִן + accusative of distance, דֶּרֶךְ
Num 10:33
(
J
E
),
Num 21:4 (
P
); especially וַיִּסְעוּ מִןוַ֗֗֗יַּחֲנוּ
Num 21:12
;
Num 21:13 (
J
E
), 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
Participle
מַסִּיעַ
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
.