# \*nVsVḫ-: 'tear out, remove' 1, 'excerpt, copy' 2

> Proto-Semitic *nVsVḫ-, 'tear out, remove' 1, 'excerpt, copy' 2: reflexes in 5 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 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVsVḫ- |
| Meaning | 'tear out, remove' 1, 'excerpt, copy' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic nsḫ 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 104) | Al-Jallad 2026 104 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | nasāḫu (CAD N/2 1) | CAD N/2 1 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nāsaḥ qal (Pr 15:25) (Ps 52:7); nif. (Dt 28:63) (HALOT 702) | HALOT 702 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | nasaḫa (HALOT 702); nansaḫ (Qurʾān 2:106) | HALOT 702 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | nsḥ hitpe. 1 (HALOT BArm. s.v. נסח) | HALOT BArm. s.v. נסח | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 702 derives JArm., Mnd. nwsḥʾ 'a copy' from Akk. nisḫu; Syr. nūsḥā 'copy, manuscript, codex' is from Arabic (Payne Smith 333). HALOT 702 refers to נסע: cf. 1003 \*nVsaʕ- 'tear out'. LGz. 402 compares Geez nassəḥa 'repent' with Arb. nasaḫa ('perhaps'); Geez ḥ does not answer \*ḫ, so S60 \*nsḥ stays apart.

## Linked from

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

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