Please know that I have been investigating and writing extensively since the last entry, and each “answer” brings many more questions. Connecting threads are more than can be imagined. There is much more, but I stop here to get something out. There will (LORD willing), be more to come. Hopefully this will pique your interest enough to look forward to more.
- In investigating the idea of motion/movement in the Hebrew letters (see in indigo above), several letters seemed to function in relation to motion. During that investigation, in looking at the roots given as examples in EDBH, came the discovery that there is no listed root פסע (see in lighter blue above). Its counterpart, פסח, is the root for Pesach/Passover, which is the “mother” of all the Hebrew festivals. The grounding thought here is to try to understand Pesach/Passover, and the to contrast it with פסע, given here as “prime examples.” Pesach is the festival underway at the entry of a small band of followers and one “riding on a donkey, a colt, the goal of a donkey,” into Jerusalem/Yerushalayim. (Zh9:9; Mt21:5) Read through Exodus 12, where we first see Pesach. Note it occurs in the month that is “the beginning of months,” which is אביב Abib or Aviv, the month of the ripening of barley.
- Barley is first encountered in Scripture during the “plagues” on Egypt. Read Ex9:22-35 re: the plague of hail (h1259. בָּרָד ḇârâḏ), and see
- Exodus 9:31-32
- 31 Now the flax and the barley (h8184. שְׂעֹרָה śe‘ôrâ) were struck, for the barley(h8184. שְׂעֹרָה śe‘ôrâ) was in the head and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late crops.
▸ h8184. שְׂעֹרָה śe‘ôrâ; or שְׂעוֹרָה s‘owrah; (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר s‘or; or שְׂעוֹר s‘owr; from 8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose): — barley.
AV (34) – barley 34;
barley
barley (of the plant)
barley (of the meal or grain)
▸ h8175. שָׂעַר śâ‘ar; a primitive root; to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear: — be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
AV (8) – be (horrible) afraid 4, come like (to take away as with) a whirlwind 2, be tempestuous 1, hurl as a storm 1;
to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid
(Qal)
to bristle (with horror)
to dread
to storm away, sweep away, whirl away
(Qal)
to sweep away
to storm away (of God’s action against the wicked) (fig)
(Niphal) to be stormy, be tempestuous (exceedingly)
(Piel) to whirl away, be stormed away
(Hithpael) to storm against, come as a storm
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▸ (note below is with the letter Shin; the words above are with the letter Sin)
h8176. שָׁעַר šâ‘ar; a primitive root; to split or open, i.e. (literally, but only as denominative from 8179) to act as gate-keeper (see 7778): (figuratively) to estimate: — think.
AV (1) – think 1;
to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate
(Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7
- The life advice here, by the way, in Exodus 9:31-2, is not to be the first to jump into something, not to be overly anxious to get involved, IF you don’t want to be struck by hail. But perhaps we should look at the root for h1259. בָּרָד ḇârâḏ, the word for hail, to make sure we are getting the right message.
▸ CWSBD
▸ H1258. בָּרַד bāraḏ: A verb meaning to hail. It depicts a devastating storm that would lay a forest low (Isa. 32:19) as part of God’s reconstruction program.
▸ H1259. בָּרָד bārāḏ: A masculine noun denoting hail or hailstones. The word is used to describe hail that came down as the seventh plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:18, 19, 22-26, 28, 29; Ps. 78:47, 48; 105:32), large enough to kill cattle, plants, and trees, nearly devastating the land (Ex. 10:5, 12, 15). Hailstones were a terrifying weapon of and accompaniment of the Lord’s appearances (Josh. 10:11; Ps. 18:12 [13], 13[14]). The Lord stored up these hailstones (Job 38:22) and discharged them at His will (Isa. 28:2, 17; Hag. 2:17) as His teaching and destructive agents.
▸ H1260. בֶּרֶד bereḏ: A proper noun designating Bered:
A town (Gen. 16:14). An Ephraimite (1 Chr. 7:20).
▸ H1261. בָּרֹד bārōḏ: An adjective referring to something mottled, spotted, speckled, dappled. It refers to male goats and sheep (Gen. 31:10, 12) with this coloring and to horses drawing one of the chariots in Zechariah’s vision (6:3, 6). It features either different shades or different colors or both.
Consider ב + רד
GV p.239 רדד flatten [render pliable]; p.239 רדה dominate [humble to another’s control]; p.240 רוד humble; p.110 ירד descend; p.162 נרד overpower with scent /nard oil/ No DVs
CM רדד be compliant and susceptible (E76); רדה control (E77); רוד spread (E68); ירדremove (C39); (נרד no cognates)
- Look at פרד h6504!
Isaiah 32:19
19 And it will hail (h1258. בָּרַד bāraḏ) when the forest falls down,
and the city (h5892. עִיר ‘îyr) will be utterly (h8213. שָׁפֵל šâp̱êl) laid low (h8218. שִׁפְלָהšip̱lâ).
▸ h5892. עִיר ‘îyr; or (in the plural) עָר ‘ar; or עָיַר ‘ayar (Judges 10:4), aw-yar; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post): — Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
AV (1089) – city 1074, town 7, every one 2, variant 6;
excitement, anguish
of terror
city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
city, town
▸ h8218. שִׁפְלָה šip̱lâ; feminine of 8216; depression: — low place.
AV (1) – low place 1;
lowliness, humiliation, a low place
▸ h8216. שֶׁפֶל šep̱el; from 8213; an humble rank: — low estate (place).
AV (2) – low estate 1, low place 1;
lowliness, low estate or condition
▸ h8213. שָׁפֵל šâp̱êl; a primitive root; to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive): — abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
AV (29) – …low 10, …down 8, humble 7, abase 2, debase 1, put lower 1;
to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased
(Qal) to be or become low
(Hiphil)
to lay or bring low, humiliate
to set in a lower place, show abasement
to make low, sit down
- Impetuous Peter must be humbled in order to be of use to the LORD. Yet, it is the humbled Peter who is used.
- The storm must be calmed. The city must be laid low.
- Regrouping
פ – speak and blow, the edge of something (lip)
פ – The symbol of speech and silence
- The Hebrew word for mouth is h6310. פֶּה p̱e. You can see how these various definitions tend to revolve around functions of the mouth. From looking at all the roots beginning with פ, it does appear that it is important to include the concepts of opening and beginning. And with ב indicating being “in” a state of whatever we are in, as with ברד, being “in” a state of reconstruction, being “in the state of” being rendered pliable or humbled to another’s control, and פ and ב being phonetic cognates, i.e. both labials, and having similar meanings, the idea of פopening or beginning that process would fit. (We must at a later time go into the tie-in here to בוש, shame, but that is not for now.)
- Where I was led was in pondering, “if פ is opening or beginning something,” and that “something” is סע, what would סע be? Which s what brought me to this point.
AHLB
ס – pierce and sharp, shield, grab hold
ע – seeing and watching; knowledge
EDBH
nothing listed for ס
For ע, as above “The ע indicates motion; נוע moving; פסע stepping; עלה rising.”
TWHA
ס – The symbol of support, protection, and memory
ע – The symbol of sight and insight
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On pp.28-29 of The Ancient Hebrew Alphabet of the Bible, Benner goes through the derivation of the samech and indicates the original symbol was for a thorn, whence the meanings he lists. The idea of shield and protection come from the idea of forming an enclosure of thorns to protect the flock.
- The “fold” in Ek34:14
h5116. נָוֶה nâewh; or (feminine) נָוָה navah; from 5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den): — comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
AV (36) – habitation 22, fold 4, dwelling 3, sheepcote 2, comely 1, stable 1, dwelling place 1, pleasant place 1, tarried 1; n m
abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture
abode (of sheep)
abode (of shepherds)
meadow
habitation adj
dwelling, abiding
Similar ideas are still used in more modern times in some non-industrialized societies.
- The same idea is used in barbed-wire fences in industrialized societies. The important point is that it works both ways, like the double-edged sword. It helps to keep out predators, and it helps to contain the flock, to keep them from wandering. Do you see the way what is here a picture of something physical also has symbolism on another level? Thorns are consequences. Some of the most well-known verses hint at the same idea. See Psalm 23:4 and Acts 26:14. The idea of consequences built in to the design of Creation is to help keep out even worse occurrences and to help protect us from ourselves. Think of the toddler first encountering a hot stove. The burned fingertip is a consequence of touching the stove. It helps protect the child from even worse burns. This is how we learn. This learning is the ע part of סע. The “motion” of ע is the sight and insight, the seeing, watching, knowledge gained from encountering the ס the thorn, the painful experience, the rod, staff, and goad. We must have pain receptors for our own protection; we must then learn from the experience and make it a part of our memory. There is an old saying in the therapy world, “no pain/no gain.”
- So if פ is the opening or beginning, then the word פסע (not in Scripture) to step, means to begin that experience. The hope of the LORD (יהוה) expressed in Scripture is that we “limp,” are lame פסח, that we learn before going farther with our stepping – restricting the very motion created by the experiential knowledge. The LORD’s desire is, as with any parent, we would learn the boundaries, the warning signs, and not proceed into territory that will be much more harmful to us in the long run. Remember the subtitle of the website Log and Speck: Tools for Understanding the Revelation of Life in Scripture. Thus we looked at פסע as the step beginning the journey, and then נ being “continue, perpetuation, offspring or heir,” looked to נסע, the continuation of the journey. You will see below the path which this investigation took.
We will not go through all forty-nine occurrences, but highlight a few here of pertinence.
18. Bemidbar 10:2 (Mikraot Gedolot)
עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שְׁתֵּי חֲצוֹצְרֹת כֶּסֶף מִקְשָׁה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם וְהָיוּ לְךָ לְמִקְרָא הָעֵדָה וּלְמַסַּע אֶת הַמַּחֲנוֹת.
Numbers 10:1-2
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work (h4749. מִקְשָׁה miqšâ); you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement (h4550. מַסַּע masa‘) of the camps.
- Note, this is the same hammered work (h4749. מִקְשָׁה miqšâ) that we see of the cherubim and the menorah in the Tabernacle (our connection).
29. Devarim 10:11 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיֹּאמֶר י״י אֵלַי קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע לִפְנֵי הָעָם וְיָבֹאוּ וְיִירְשׁוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם לָתֵת לָהֶם.
35. Melakhim I 6:7 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וְהַבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנֹתוֹ אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה מַסָּע נִבְנָה וּמַקָּבוֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן כׇּל כְּלִי בַרְזֶל לֹא נִשְׁמַע בַּבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנֹתוֹ.
48. Iyyov 41:18 (Mikraot Gedolot)
מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָה.
41:26 in English
BDB
49. Kohelet 10:9 (Mikraot Gedolot)
מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים יֵעָצֵב בָּהֶם בּוֹקֵעַ עֵצִים יִסָּכֶן בָּם.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-11
5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: 6 folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. 7 I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
8 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them,
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,
he must use more strength,
but wisdom helps one to succeed.
11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.
From Appendix 5, When מ reflects נ:
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H5265. נָסַע nāsa‘ verb (to set out, to travel)
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H4550. מַסַּע massa‘ masc. noun (journey, moving on); H4551. I. מַסָּע massā‘ masc. noun (missile, dart) II. מַסָּע massā‘ masc. noun (stone quarry)
p.158 נסע travel; move to more appropriate place;; GV (none);; CM move in opposition (D81) [נסח remove; נסה prove; נצה resist; נשׂא raise; נזה move sporadically; נשהobligate; משׂה raise]
⓵ separating out
Exodus 30:22-30
22 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Also take for yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, 24 five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive (h2132. זַיִת zaiyṯ) oil (h8081. שֶׁמֶן šemen). 25 And you shall make (h6213. עָשָׂה ‘âśâ) from these a holy anointing (h4888. מִשְׁחָה mišḥâ) oil (h8081. שֶׁמֶן šemen), an ointment compounded according to the art (h4639. מַעֲשֶׂה ma‘ăśeh) of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing (h4888. מִשְׁחָה mišḥâ) oil (h8081. שֶׁמֶן šemen). 26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; 28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy. 30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Exodus 30:25
25 וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ אֹתֹ֗ו שֶׁ֚מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֔דֶשׁ רֹ֥קַח מִרְקַ֖חַת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑חַ שֶׁ֥מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶֽה׃
▸ h2132. זַיִת zaiyṯ p.66 זות flow out slowly; CM act surreptitiously/openly (E4)
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Exodus 2:8-10
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses (h4872. משֶׁה mšeh), saying, “Because I drewhim out (h4871. מָשָׁה mâšâ) of the water.”
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Numbers 18:8-10
8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron: “Here, I Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion (h4888. מִשְׁחָה mišḥâ) to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering (h0817. אָשָׁם’âšâm) which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons. 10 In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
⓶ smearing insoluble material
Exodus 29:4-9
4 “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water. 5 Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the intricately woven band of the ephod. 6 You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. 7 And you shall take the anointing (h4888. מִשְׁחָה mišḥâ) oil (h8081. שֶׁמֶן šemen), pour it on his head, and anoint him. 8 Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them. 9 And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
⓵ travel; move to more appropriate place
Numbers 10:11-13
11 Now it came to pass on the twentieth (day) of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 And the children of Israel set out (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) from the Wilderness of Sinai (h5514. סִינַי sîynay) on their journeys (h4550. מַסַּע masa‘); then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran. 13 So they started out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:12
12 וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן הֶעָנָ֖ן בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃
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Genesis 11:1-4
1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found (h4672. מָצָא mâṣâ’) a plain in the land of Shinar (h8152. שִׁנְעָר šin‘âr), and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake (them) thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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Genesis 22:1-2
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested (h5254. נָסָה nâsâ) Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering (h5930. עֹלָה ‘ôlâ) on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
⓶ transporting
1 Kings 6:5-8
5 Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it. 6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple. 7 And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry (h4551. מַסָּע masâ‘), so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 8 The doorway for the middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
▸ BDB מַסָּע
GLOSS stone
PARSING Hebrew, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute
- A “would-be” cognate:
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Exodus 15:22-26
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested (h5254. נָסָהnâsâ) them, 26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Exodus 15:25
25 וַיִּצְעַ֣ק אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה וַיּוֹרֵ֤הוּ יְהוָה֙ עֵ֔ץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ הַמָּ֑יִם שָׁ֣ם שָׂ֥ם לֹ֛ו חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְשָׁ֥ם נִסָּֽהוּ׃
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Psalms 52:4-5
4 You love all devouring words,
(You) deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you (h5331. נֶצַח neṣaḥ);
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of (your) dwelling place,
And uproot (h5255. נָסַח nâsaḥ) you from the land of the living.
Selah
Psalms 52:7
7 גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתָּצְךָ֪ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֙ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃
⓷ weapon to be thrown
Job 41:25-29 of Leviathan
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
26 (Though) the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart (h4551. מַסָּע masâ‘), or javelin.
27 He regards iron as straw,
(And) bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
⓵ scattering
Deuteronomy 28:58-63
58 “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses. 60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed. 62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. 63 And it shall be, (that) just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked (h5255. נָסַחnâsaḥ) from off the land which you go to possess.
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Genesis 11:1-4
1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found (h4672. מָצָא mâṣâ’) a plain in the land of Shinar (h8152. שִׁנְעָר šin‘âr), and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake (them) thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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Numbers 10:11-13
11 Now it came to pass on the twentieth (day) of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 And the children of Israel set out (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) from the Wilderness of Sinai (h5514. סִינַי sîynay) on their journeys (h4550. מַסַּע masa‘); then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran. 13 So they started out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:12
12 וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן הֶעָנָ֖ן בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר פָּארָֽן׃
⓶ removing forcefully
Psalms 52:4-5
4 You love all devouring words,
(You) deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you (h5331. נֶצַח neṣaḥ);
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of (your) dwelling place,
And uproot (h5255. נָסַח nâsaḥ) you from the land of the living.
Selah
Psalms 52:7
7 גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתָּצְךָ֪ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֙ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃
One reason Yeshua knew he had to be killed?
- Please recognize that these journeys are “taking steps,” and many of the examples here are unwise steps, paths that should not be taken. In such a circumstance, a פסח, a limp, something to make for a “pause,” שבת, may well be the best thing for us.
Tanakh (49 results)
1. Bereshit 12:9 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּסַּע אַבְרָם הָלוֹךְ וְנָסוֹעַ הַנֶּגְבָּה.
Genesis 12:7-9
7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 So Abram journeyed (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘), going on still (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) toward the South (h5045. נֶגֶב neg̱eḇ”.
2. Bereshit 13:11 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּבְחַר לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כׇּל כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסַּע לוֹט מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּפָּרְדוּ אִישׁ מֵעַל אָחִיו.
Genesis 13:11-13
11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed (h5265. נָסַעnâsa‘) east. And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
3. Bereshit 20:1 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּסַּע מִשָּׁם אַבְרָהָם אַרְצָה הַנֶּגֶב וַיֵּשֶׁב בֵּין קָדֵשׁ וּבֵין שׁוּר וַיָּגׇר בִּגְרָר.
Genesis 20:1-2
1 And Abraham journeyed (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. 2 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
4. Bereshit 33:17 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וְיַעֲקֹב נָסַע סֻכֹּתָה וַיִּבֶן לוֹ בָּיִת וּלְמִקְנֵהוּ עָשָׂה סֻכֹּת עַל כֵּן קָרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם סֻכּוֹת.
Genesis 33:17
17 And Jacob journeyed (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
5. Bereshit 35:21 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּסַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּט אׇהֳלֹה מֵהָלְאָה לְמִגְדַּל עֵדֶר.
Genesis 35:21-22
21 Then Israel journeyed (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard (about it).
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
6. Bereshit 46:1 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּסַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכׇל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע וַיִּזְבַּח זְבָחִים לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו יִצְחָק.
Genesis 46:1-2
1 So Israel took his journey (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
7. Shemot 14:10 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֵינֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּירְאוּ מְאֹד וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵלאֶל י״י.
Exodus 14:10-11
10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. 11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
8. Shemot 14:19 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיִּסַּע מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים הַהֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּלֶךְ מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּסַּע עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲמֹדמֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם.
Exodus 14:19
19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved (h5265. נָסַעnâsa‘) and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) from before them and stood behind them.
9. Shemot 15:22 (Mikraot Gedolot)
וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם סוּף וַיֵּצְאוּ אֶל מִדְבַּר שׁוּר וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וְלֹא מָצְאוּ מָיִם.
Exodus 15:22
22 So Moses brought (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘) Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
- I AM CUTTING OFF THIS ALHATORAH SEARCH HERE FOR NOW, AS AN ENTIRELY NEW DISCUSSION ARISES. PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME WE WILL PICK IT UP. THERE IS SO, SO MUCH IN THIS THREAD. FOR NOW A QUICK CONNECTION FROM THE FIRST OCCURRENCE IN THIS SEARCH, GENESIS 12:9 ABOVE – going to the South, the h5045. נֶגֶב neg̱eḇ, which fits in well with this discussion. Then we will wrap up this entry.
h5045. נֶגֶב neg̱eḇ
Genesis 12:7-20
7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 So Abram journeyed (h5265. נָסַע nâsa‘), going on still toward the South (h5045. נֶגֶב neg̱eḇ).
Abram in Egypt
10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. 12 Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.”
14 So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. 15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” 20 So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.
Other associated roots:
Note this is the root for גן, as in Gan Eden, the “Garden of Eden.” ב + גן being “in the Garden.” See how the others also seem to fit•••
And see the three listed cognates נגף strike; נקב perforate; and נקף chop off.
Then we get into a cognate permutation, the class of which is hard to remember, with Yod also being a Palatal.
We studied this root a great deal when we investigated Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding. It is from such experiences that we get much understanding. They cause memories that penetrate to the core.
We will undoubtedly circle back around at some point to look at Messiah (from משח) as a journey (מסע). We can, by choosing to follow along a certain path, a journey, become quite like messiahs. More definitions yet to come.
This seems to be only wading at the edge of a very, very deep pool.
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