This verb captures movement in two directions: the wind's transitive action of driving quails across from the sea to Israel's camp, and the intransitive passing of human life as it flies away. The root appears in both Numbers (where wind brings quails over) and Psalms (where life passes quickly away). Arabic cognates emphasize crossing or passing by, while Aramaic relatives speak of passing away or failing. The verb's dual capacity—for both spatial crossing and temporal passing—makes it apt for describing both divine provision (quails driven across) and human mortality (life flying past).