מסע
Hebrew
Noun
מַסָּע • (masá) m (plural indefinite מַסָּעוֹת or מַסָּעִים, singular construct מַסַּע־, plural construct מַסְּעוֹת־ or מַסְּעֵי־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]
- 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.
- 'éle mas'éi v'nei-yisra'él 'ashér yats'ú me'érets mitsráyim l'tsiv'otám b'yad-moshé v'aharón.
- 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
- Father, I want to be certain with all my heart
- (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.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מַסָּע | first | מַסָּעִי | מַסָּעֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּסָּע | second | מַסָּעֲךָ | מַסָּעֵךְ | מַסַּעֲכֶם | מַסַּעֲכֶן | |
| construct | מַסַּע־ | third | מַסָּעוֹ | מַסָּעָהּ | מַסָּעָם | מַסָּעָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מַסָּעִים | first | מסעיי / מַסָּעַי | מַסָּעֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּסָּעִים | second | מַסָּעֶיךָ | מסעייך / מַסָּעַיִךְ | מַסְּעֵיכֶם | מַסְּעֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מַסְּעֵי־ | third | מַסָּעָיו | מַסָּעֶיהָ | מַסְּעֵיהֶם | מַסְּעֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- (journey): טִיּוּל (tiyúl)
References
- The Academy of the Hebrew Language: מסעים ומסעות
- H4550 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- "מסע" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language