The meaning of “מְסִלָּה”
Understanding mᵉçillâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
causeway, course, highway, path, terrace. - a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively - specifically a vi...
מְסִלָּה
causeway, course, highway, path, terrace. - a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively - specifically a viaduct, a staircase 1) highway, raised way, public road
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 20:19 | “And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.” Word: מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) | |
| 1 Samuel 6:12 | “And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.” Word: מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) | |
| 2 Kings 18:17 | “And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.” Word: מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 9:11 | “And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.” Word: מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) | |
| Proverbs 16:17 | “The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.” Word: מְסִלָּה (mᵉçillâh) |
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