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Hebrew
Noun
מַסָּע • (masá) m (plural indefinite מַסָּעוֹת or מַסָּעִים, singular construct מַסַּע־, plural construct מַסְּעוֹת־ or מַסְּעֵי־)
- journey, trip, voyage
Tanach, Numbers 33:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן׃- 'éle mas'éi v'nei-yisra'él 'ashér yats'ú me'érets mitsráyim l'tsiv'otám b'yad-moshé v'aharón.
wəʾēlle masəʿē ḇənē-yiśrāʾēl ʾăšer yāṣəʿū mēʾéreṣ miṣráyim ləṣiḇəʾōṯām bəyaḏ-mōše wəʾahărōn. - These are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- 2009, אביתר בנאי, אבא
אבא, אני רוצה להיות בטוח בכל ליבי
שלמסע הזה יהיה סוף טוב- Father, I want to be certain with all my heart
that this journey will have a happy ending
- (chess) move
Usage notes
- The plural מַסָּעִים (with construct מַסְּעֵי) is the only plural used in the Bible, but today is limited to the chess sense.
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