מְסִלָּה
mᵉçillâh · mes-il-law'
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5549 (סָלַל);
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
- a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively
- specifically, a viaduct, a staircase
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְסִלָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the highway3 · 11%
- of the highway2 · 7%
- out of the highway2 · 7%
- in the highway2 · 7%
- by the high way1 · 4%
- in their courses1 · 4%
- in the highways1 · 4%
- unto the highways1 · 4%
- of them in the highways1 · 4%
- which is in the highway1 · 4%
- by the causeway1 · 4%
- at the causeway1 · 4%
- terraces1 · 4%
- are the ways1 · 4%
- and there shall be an highway1 · 4%
- shall there be a highway1 · 4%
- the highways1 · 4%
- a highway1 · 4%
- and my highways1 · 4%
- are in their paths1 · 4%
- toward the highway1 · 4%
- in his path1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.