the quiet before the storm – how do you say “flotilla” in Hebrew? how do you say it in English?!

ByAmi Steinberger
משט
 
I learned two words this past week in two languages. 
 
The first is flotilla. It must come from Spanish or something.
 
The second is מַשָּׁט (mah-SHAHT). It comes from the root ש.ו.ט, which carries the core meaning of sailing or traveling by sea. 
 
Watch this video of a news report before the encounter between the so-called humanitarians and Israel’s navy. Listen for the the word משט… and repeat it.
 




 
 

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