nasa · set out

What it means

nasa (נָסַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “set out”.

Pull up the tent pegs, break camp, set out on a journey.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To break camp and set out for another place.
2. To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To pull up the tent pegs and set out; to depart, to break camp. BDB: properly to pull up, especially the tent pins, that is, start on a journey. From the same root comes מַסָּע, “stage”.

• Abram moves on by stages Genesis 12:9
• Israel sets out when the cloud is taken up Exodus 40:36Numbers 9:17
• “They set out from the mountain of YHWH” Numbers 10:33
• Pulling up: Samson pulls up the gates of Gaza Judges 16:3

Historical and cultural background

According to Exodus 40:36-37 and Numbers 9:17-22, Israel set out when the cloud was taken up from the dwelling and camped where the cloud settled.

How we translate it

“Set out” 61 times, “They set out” 58, “journeyed” 4, “pulled up” 4, “sets out” 3… and “pull up” when it keeps the sense of taking something out of its place (“pulled them up”, Judges 16:3). In Numbers 33 each stage of the wilderness is told with this verb: “they set out from … and camped at …”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• set out ×61
• They set out ×58
• journeyed ×4
• pulled up ×4
• sets out ×3
• moved ×2
• He sent forth ×1
• Whoever moves ×1
• are setting out ×1
• he uproots ×1
• others ×10

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×12
• Exodus×12
• Numbers×89
• Deuteronomy×7
• Joshua×4
• Judges×3
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×4
• Ezra×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×3
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×2
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 11:2

  As they journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

• Genesis 12:9

  Then Abram set out, moving on by stages toward the Negev.

• Genesis 13:11

  So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward; and they separated, each from his brother.

• Genesis 20:1

  Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he resided as an alien in Gerar.

• Genesis 33:12

  He said, “Let us set out and go, and I will go ahead of you.”

• Genesis 33:17

  But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

• Genesis 35:5

  As they set out, the terror of Elohim came upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

• Genesis 35:16

  They set out from Bethel, and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and her labor was hard.

• Genesis 35:21

  Israel set out and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

• Genesis 37:17

  The man said, “They have set out from here, for I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

• Genesis 46:1

  Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the Elohim of his father Isaac.

• Exodus 12:37

  The sons of Israel set out from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the little ones.

• Exodus 13:20

  They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

• Exodus 14:10

  As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and look, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.

• Exodus 14:15

  YHWH said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they move on.

• Exodus 14:19

  Then the angel of Elohim, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,

• Exodus 15:22

  Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

• Exodus 16:1

  They set out from Elim, and all the community of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

• Exodus 17:1

  All the community of the sons of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the command of YHWH, and camped at Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

• Exodus 19:2

  They had set out from Rephidim, and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

• Exodus 40:36

  And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the dwelling, the sons of Israel would set out, in all their journeys.

• Exodus 40:37

  But if the cloud was not taken up, they would not set out until the day that it was taken up.

• Numbers 1:51

  When the dwelling sets out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the dwelling camps, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

• Numbers 2:9

  All those counted of the camp of Judah are one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their armies. They shall set out first.

• Numbers 2:16

  All those counted of the camp of Reuben are one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, by their armies. They shall set out second.

• Numbers 2:17

  Then the tent of meeting, the camp of the Levites, shall set out in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall set out, each man in his place, by their banners.

• Numbers 2:24

  All those counted of the camp of Ephraim are one hundred eight thousand one hundred, by their armies. They shall set out third.

• Numbers 2:31

  All those counted of the camp of Dan are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, by their banners.”

• Numbers 2:34

  And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses: so they camped by their banners, and so they set out, each man by his families, by his fathers’ house.

• Numbers 4:5

  When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil that screens, and cover with it the ark of the testimony.

• Numbers 4:15

  And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the Holy Place and all the utensils of the Holy Place, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

• Numbers 9:17

  And whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, after that the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the sons of Israel would camp.

• Numbers 9:18

  According to the command of YHWH the sons of Israel would set out, and according to the command of YHWH they would camp; all the days that the cloud dwelt over the dwelling they would remain camped.

• Numbers 9:19

  And when the cloud lingered over the dwelling many days, the sons of Israel would keep the charge of YHWH and not set out.

• Numbers 9:20

  And sometimes the cloud was a few days over the dwelling; according to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out.

• Numbers 9:21

  And sometimes the cloud was there from evening until morning; and when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would set out; or a day and a night, and when the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

• Numbers 9:22

  Or two days, or a month, or a year, while the cloud lingered over the dwelling, dwelling on it, the sons of Israel would remain camped and not set out; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

• Numbers 9:23

  According to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out; they kept the charge of YHWH, according to the command of YHWH through Moses.

• Numbers 10:5

  When you blow an acclamation, the camps that camp on the east side shall set out.

• Numbers 10:6

  And when you blow an acclamation the second time, the camps that camp on the south side shall set out; an acclamation they shall blow for their settings out.

And 106 more times.