to remove
mush denotes departing or moving away, and in causative forms taking something away.
The dominant use describes departure or movement away from a place, person, or stated position, including things that are said not to depart. In Hiphil forms, the verb also describes causing something to be taken away, such as a people’s portion or the iniquity of a land.
Senses in use
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depart or move away · dominant
Qal forms describe movement or non-movement away from a location or presence: in Exodus 13:22 the APB renders the pillars as not departing before the people, while in Numbers 14:44 the ark and Moses do not remove from the camp. The same use covers a requested stay in Judges 6:18 and the mountain’s movement in Zechariah 14:4.
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take away or remove · common
Hiphil forms portray removal effected upon something: in Micah 2:3 the APB renders the clan as unable to remove their necks, and in Micah 2:4 it renders a portion as removed from the speaker. In Zechariah 3:9, the first-person sequential perfect occurs in the declaration that iniquity will be removed from the land.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “depart,” “remove,” and “move,” and in Jeremiah 17:8 it uses “cease” in the fruit-bearing clause. These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the lemma.