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# passage

noun (a passage, passages)

«passage» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m1)
2. A passage is a short part of a book, speech or piece of music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m2)
3. A passage is a journey, especially by ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m3)
4. The passage of time means time going by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m4)
5. (formal) Passage of a law means it being accepted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m5)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils read a passage and answer questions about it (reading comprehension). In buildings a passage joins rooms. In history ships made the passage across the ocean. In stories secret passages hide behind walls. Phrases: a secret passage, read the passage, the passage of time, rite of passage.

### Examples

- Read the passage and answer the questions below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x1)
- A dark passage led to the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x2)
- They found a secret passage behind the bookcase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x3)
- The passage across the sea took three weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x4)
- With the passage of time the scar faded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x5)
- The teacher read us a passage from the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x6)
- Keep the passage clear in case of fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x7)
- The pianist played a difficult passage beautifully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x8)
- However, she heard the king coming along the passage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a passage, passages. Pronounced PASS-ij. Related to «pass». In a house in the UK a passage is often called a hallway or corridor. Do not confuse with «message» or «passenger».

## In Jewish tradition

Edom refuses Israel passage through its border, so Israel goes round.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read this as a lesson about how Israel treated its relatives, the descendants of Esau. Commentators study each passage of the Sefer Yetzirah and the Talmud in detail.

### Examples

- Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him. (Torah NUM.20.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passage/#x1)
- This passage is explained by Isaac Satanow in his Hebrew Dictionary entitled Sephath Emeth, p. 44, b: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passage/#x2)
- The same passage is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Chagigah, p. 12, a, with the addition of (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passage/#x3)

### Note

Countable: a passage, passages. Pronounced PASS-ij. Related to «pass». In a house in the UK a passage is often called a hallway or corridor. Do not confuse with «message» or «passenger».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «passage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«passage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/passage.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «passage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«passage» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/passage.html) on Mova free.