נָסַעnâçaʻ

pull out or up, set out, journey

Pronunciation: naw-sah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5265

Meanings

Qal: construct (Genesis 33:17; Deuteronomy 10:6; Numbers 2:34)

1. pull out or up (Judges 16:3; Judges 16:14; Isaiah 33:20)

2. (from pulling up tent-pegs)

a. set out (Genesis 35:5; Numbers 12:15; Jeremiah 4:7)

b. depart (Genesis 37:17; 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Kings 19:8)

3. journey, march (Genesis 12:9; Genesis 35:21; Numbers 10:13)

4. of wind (Numbers 11:31)

Niph`al: be pulled up, removed (Isaiah 38:12; Job 4:21)

Hiph`il

1. cause to set out, lead out (Exodus 15:22; Psalms 78:52; Psalms 80:9)

2. remove (2 Kings 4:4; Job 19:10; 1 Kings 5:31)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 146 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 11:2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
  • Genesis 12:9 Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.
  • Genesis 13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.
  • Genesis 20:1 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
  • Genesis 33:12 “Well,” Esau said, “let’s be going. I will lead the way.”
  • Genesis 33:17 Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).