# \*nVsaʕ-: 'tear out' 1, 'set out, travel' 2

> Proto-Semitic *nVsaʕ-, 'tear out' 1, 'set out, travel' 2: reflexes in 7 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVsaʕ- |
| Meaning | 'tear out' 1, 'set out, travel' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1029 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | nsʕ \[-a-\] |  |  |
| Ugaritic | nsʕ |  |  |
| Hebrew | nsʕ |  |  |
| Aramaic | nsʕ |  |  |
| Phoenician | nsʿ (T 215) | T 215 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic nsʿ 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 104) | Al-Jallad 2026 104 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | n-S-ʿ 1, 2: D nu-na-zi /nunaSSiʿ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 100); naSaʿt 1: KUR.KUR₆.NA.RÚ = na-ša-du (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 100); nuSaʿt 1: SIKI nu-za-a-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 100); maSSaʿ 2: maš-za-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 100) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 100 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Al-Jallad (2026, 104) compares Arabic nasaʿa fī l-ʾarḍ 'to go through the country', Aramaic nsʿ 'to travel, to move' and Hebrew nsʿ 'to pull out tent pegs &gt; to break camp &gt; to move off'.

## Linked from

- [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>)

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