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Numbers 33:8

“And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.” (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
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּסְעוּ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
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.