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Akkadian
napsuḫu - to step, to march (?)
(CAD P 216, AHw. 838)
Derived words: napsuḫtu ‘journey, expedition(?)’ (SAD I).
As originally suggested by Dossin (1956:67, n. 2), napsuḫu can be compared to Hbr.
pŝˁ
‘to stride’ and its cognates.