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Ezra 8:31

“Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָסַעnâçaʻ · naw-sah'
H5265 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
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.
Grammar
  • וַֽ — conjunction
  • נִּסְעָ֞ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, plural
  • ה — suffix (paragogic he)
Code HC/Vqw1cp/Sh
Usage
Occurs 146 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:2Genesis 12:9Genesis 12:9Genesis 13:11Genesis 20:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָסַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.