Qal₁₃₇ Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Genesis 33:17 +, 3 masculine plural נָָֽסְעוּ Deuteronomy 10:6, נָסָ֑עוּ Numbers 2:34 +, etc.; Imperfect יִסַּע Isaiah 33:20, וַיִּסַּע Genesis 12:9 +, suffix וַיִּסָּעֵם Judges 16:3; 3masculine plural יִסְעוּ Exodus 40:36 +, יִסָּ֑עוּ Numbers 2:9 +; 2 masculine plural תִּסְעוּ Joshua 3:3; 1plural 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; —

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

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 8t. Numbers 9; Numbers 10:5,6,17,18,21,22,25, so probably also Numbers 2:8 6t. 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).

b. depart, with מִן Genesis 37:17 (J), 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Kings 19:8,36 = Isaiah 37:8,37; even of עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן Exodus 14:19 (J); of angel Exodus 14:19 (E; + וַיֵּלֶךְ).

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 1. 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 וַיִּסְעוּ מִןוַ֗֗֗יַּחֲנוּ Numbers 21:12,13 (JE), Exodus 13:20; Numbers 21:11; Numbers 33:5 37t. Numbers 33 (all P); of shepherds Jeremiah 31:24. — נָָֽסְעוּ כְמוֺ צאֹן 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`al Perfect be pulled up, removed:3masculine 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`il Imperfect3masculine singular יַסַּע Psalm 78:26, וַיַּסַּע Exodus 15:22 2t.; 2 masculine singular תַּסִּיעַ Psalm 80:9, 3feminine singular תַּסִּיעִי 2 Kings 4:4; 3masculine 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.