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title: מַסַּע — pulling up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסַּע (4550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: pulling up. BDB 1906: pulling up, breaking. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסַּע

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«מַסַּע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pulling up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 4550 · **BDB:** מַסַּע²

### Glosses

journeyings (4); their.settings (3); \[are\].the.journeyings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pulling up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pulling up, breaking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pulling up, breaking camp, setting out, journey;—abs. מ׳ Nu 10:2; Dt 10:11; pl. cstr. מַסְעֵי Nu 10:28; 33:1; sf. מַסָּעָיו Gn 13:3, מַסְעֵיהֶם Ex 17:1 + 6 times;— pulling up, breaking camp (c. acc. מַחֲנֶה; Ges§ 45e, 115d) Nu 10:2. setting out Nu 10:6, cf. v 28. station, stage, journey (by stages), וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמ׳ Gn 13:3 and he went by (according to) his journeyings (cf. הלך, p. 231 a supr.); לְמַסְעֵיהֶם Ex 17:1 cf. 40:36, 38; Nu 10:12 (all P; all c. נָסַע), 33:1, 2 (‖ מוֹצָאֵיהֶם, v 2 (‖ id.); קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע Dt 10:11 for journeying (v. Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסַּע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.28/)

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אֵ֛לֶּה מַסְעֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וַיִּסָּֽעוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* these \[are\].the.settings.out of.the.people of.Israel to their.military groups and they.set.out

*JPS 1917:* Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts. — And they set forward.

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[Exodus 40:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.36/)

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וּבְהֵעָל֤וֹת הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעַ֣ל הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן יִסְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּכֹ֖ל מַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and when was.taken.up the cloud from over the tabernacle they.set.out the.people of.Israel in all out their.settings

*JPS 1917:* And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys.

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