Highways

† מַסְלוּלn.m. highway;—Is 35:8 (foll. ודרך corrupt; 𝔊 ὁδὸς καθαρά).

† I. [סָלַל]vb. lift up, cast up (NH סִלְסֵלesteem highly, סִלְסוּלloftiness, distinction;סוּלָּםladder; 𝔗 סוּלְּמָאid.; MI²⁶מסלתhighway; Ph. סלמתstair (?) Lzb³²⁹; Assyrian sellu, sillu, perhaps breast-works Dl^{HWB 501}; but سُلَّمٌladder (a loan-wd. according to Schwally^{ZMG liii (1899), 197}), cf. סֻלָּם; v. also ṭrry, siege-wall, Egyptian loan-word from סֹלְלָה according to WMM^{As. u. Eur. 101});—
Qal Impf. וַיָּסֹ֫לּוּJb 19:12; 30:12 Imv. mpl. סֹ֫לּוּIs 57:14 + 4 times; sf. סָלּוּהָJe 50:26 (cf. סֶ֫לָה); Pt. pass. סְלוּלָהJe 18:15; סְלֻלָהPr 15:19;— 1.cast up a highway:ס׳ מְסִלָּהIs 62:10^(×2), without obj. Is 57:14^(×2), דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָהJe 18:15; fig. of path of upright Pr 15:19. 2.cast up a way:דֶּרֶךְ, c. עלagainst, Jb 19:12 (of besieger, in fig.), ארהJb 30:12 (of besetting foe); Bab. as a heap of garbage Je 50:26. 3.lift up (a song) ψ 68:5, c. לְ pers. (‖ שׁיר, זמּר; most as 1).
Pilp. Imv. sf. סַלְסְלֶהָPr 4:8exalt her (i.e. Wisdom), i.e. (cf. Toy) esteem highly, prize. Hithpôʿ. Pt. מִסְתּוֹלֵלEx 9:17 (J) exalt oneself, c. בְּagainst (denom. from סֹלְלָה according to Gerber ⁵²); cf. Ecclus 39:24; 40:28.

† מְסִלָּהn.f. highway;—מ׳Is 11:16 + 12 times; cstr. מְסִלַּתIs 7:3 + 3 times; sf. מְסִלָּתוֹJo 2:8; pl. מְסִלּוֹתIs 33:8 + 5 times; sf. מְסִלֹּתַיIs 49:11; מְסִלּוֹתָםJu 5:20; Is 59:7;—raised way, highway, public road (never of street in city) Nu 20:19; Ju 20:31, 32, 45; 21:19; 1 S 6:12; 2 S 20:12^(×2), 13; 2 K 18:17 = Is 36:2, 1 Ch 26:16, 18; Is 7:3; 11:16; 19:23; 33:8; 49:11; 59:7; Je 31:21; ישּׁר מ׳Is 40:3; סלל מ׳Is 62:10; in a fig. sense, of the courses of the stars Ju 5:20; the march of locusts Jo 2:8; the conduct of the upright Pr 16:17; of the ascents to Zion in the mind of the pious ψ 84:6 (𝔊: Bae reads מַעֲלוֹת).—In 2 Ch 9:11מסלות is error for מִסְעָד(ות) of ‖ 1 K 10:12.