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Isaiah 49:11 — Word Study

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WLCוְשַׂמְתִּ֥י כָל־ הָרַ֖י לַדָּ֑רֶךְ וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖י יְרֻמֽוּן׃

BSAI will turnsûwm [make a way, cause to become a road] allkôl My mountainshar [hills] into roadsderek [paths, ways] and My highwaysmᵉçillâh [public roads, raised pathways] will be raised uprûwm [exalted, lifted high, to a lofty position, in triumph]

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Isaiah 49:11quick helps
In a sentenceGod promises to transform obstacles into pathways, ensuring His people can travel safely.
Who is speakingThe Lord, addressing His people through the prophet Isaiah.
Where we areIn a prophetic declaration about restoration and guidance for the people of Israel.
The hard wordיְרֻמֽוּן
Take awayGod's intervention will elevate and prepare the way for His people.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause verbשׂים The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the Old Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.

Bars are logarithmic — אֵת, the commonest word in the Hebrew Bible, stands about 11,000 times, so a linear scale would leave everything else invisible. Click a row to open that word.

Deep Study — Isaiah 49:11

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Context — The Promise of Restorationgenerated

10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
11I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.
12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan. ”
13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 49:11 is part of a larger message of hope where God assures His people that He will provide for them and guide them through difficult times. This verse specifically emphasizes the transformation of obstacles (mountains) into pathways, signifying divine assistance and the promise of safe passage for those who follow Him.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
2Isaiah 35:8–10And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
3Isaiah 40:3–4A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
4Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
5Isaiah 57:14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 9 references, hung on the phrase they belong to

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.Isaiah 11:16 Isaiah 35:8–10 Isaiah 40:3–4 Isaiah 43:19 Isaiah 57:14 Isaiah 62:10 Psalm 107:4–7 Luke 3:4–5 John 14:6

The Key Word שׂים, ve.sam.Tigenerated

The verb שׂים (sim) means to set or place something. It conveys the idea of making a way or establishing a path. This word is commonly used in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, often referring to God's actions in creation or His establishment of order.

In this verse, it emphasizes God's active role in transforming mountains into roads, indicating His power to change circumstances for the benefit of His people.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb שַׂמְתִּ֥י, I will make, governs the entire verse, with two noun phrases following it: כָל־ הָרַ֖י (all My mountains) and וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖י (and My highways). The structure indicates a clear action by God, transforming both mountains and highways.

The order of the words highlights the transformation from obstacles (mountains) to pathways, emphasizing God's initiative in making a way for His people.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates שׂים as θήσω (thēsō), which means 'I will place' or 'I will set.' This choice emphasizes the act of establishing a new path, aligning with the theme of making a way for the people.

This choice of word shows a continuity in the understanding of God's role in guiding His people, as it conveys the same sense of transformation and preparation found in the Hebrew.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Isaiah 49:11 tells us that God will change all His mountains into roads and raise up highways for His people. This promise signifies that God will remove obstacles and provide safe paths for those who follow Him, ensuring their journey is secure.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that God will turn mountains into roads?

This indicates that God will remove obstacles and challenges, making a clear and safe path for His people to follow.

How does this verse relate to God's guidance?

It shows God's active role in guiding His people, ensuring they have a way to navigate through difficulties.

What is the significance of highways being raised up?

Raised highways symbolize exaltation and triumph, indicating that God's provision is not only functional but also glorious.

How can we apply this promise in our lives today?

We can trust that God will provide direction and remove obstacles in our lives, just as He promised to do for His people in this verse.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. What obstacles in my life do I need to trust God to transform into pathways?
  2. How can I recognize God's guidance in my daily decisions?
  3. In what ways can I support others who are struggling to find their way?
  4. How does the promise of raised highways encourage me in my faith journey?

The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it

Early comments on this verse highlight its significance in understanding God's promise to guide and restore His people, as noted by Eusebius of Caesarea.

Eusebius of CaesareaCOMMENTARY ON Isaiah 2:35 c. 260–340
According to one interpretation, this refers to the lowly and Jewish people. According to another, this is the entire gathering of souls that make up the godly spiritual commonwealth.
Early Church Fathers on Isaiah 49 →
Eusebius of CaesareaCOMMENTARY ON Isaiah 2:35 c. 260–340
If some come “from the north” and some “from the sea,” that is, from the western parts, and others come “from the land of the Persians” (meaning the highlands),
Early Church Fathers on Isaiah 49 →

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Isaiah 49:11 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will make all my mountains a way,.... Or "for", or "into a way" (e); signifying that they should be dug through or levelled, and a way made through them, over them, or upon them, for his people

Read John Gill on Isaiah 49 →
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. My - all things are God's. Mountains a way - I will remove all obstructions out of the way (Isaiah 40:4).

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will remove all hinderances, and prepare the way for them, by levelling high grounds, and raising low grounds; of which see on ,4.

Read Matthew Poole on Isaiah 49 →
John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.Ver. 11. And I will make all my mountains.] I will remove all rubs, and lay all level: pacifica erunt omnia, faecunda et suavia; who would not then take up Christ’ s so easy a yoke? &c.

Read John Trapp on Isaiah 49 →
Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(11) My mountains . . . my highways . . .—The pronoun asserts the universal lordship of Jehovah. The whole earth is His.

Read Charles John Ellicott on Isaiah 49 →
CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

11. The expression my mountains is difficult. An allusion to the mere fact of creation is not natural, and to understand it of the mountains of Palestine (as in ch. Isaiah 14:25) would limit the image to the last stage of the return journey. Possibly the text should be amended so as to read “mountains” simply. Cf. LXX. (ðᾶ ?í ὄ ?ñïò). my highways] See on ch. Isaiah 40:4.

Read Cambridge on Isaiah 49 →
Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will make all my mountains a way - I will make all the mountains for a highway; or an even, level way. That is, he would remove all obstructions from their path.

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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

11. Mountains… highways — Ordinances in the Christian Church conspicuously illustrate exalted privileges under Messiah.

Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Isaiah 49 →

The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

NETBNew English Translation2006

I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

And I have made all My mountains for a way, || And My highways are lifted up.

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

And I will change all my mountains into a road, and my highways shall be lifted up.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

Then I will make all my mountains into a road, and make my highways level.”

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

I will turn all my mountains into a road; my highways will be really high!

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

וְandclauseverbשַׂמְתִּ֥יI.will.makenoun phrase · objectכָלallnoun phraseהָרַ֖mountainsיmyprepositional phrase · prepositionalלַ(intonoun phrasetheדָּ֑רֶךְroadוּandclausenoun phrase · subjectמְסִלֹּתַ֖highwaysיmyverb phrase · verbיְרֻמֽוּtheyןwill.be.lifted.up

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran

The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint generally agree on the wording of this verse, with minor variations in the order and the inclusion of articles. The Dead Sea Scrolls also align closely with the Masoretic Text, confirming the integrity of the verse across these ancient witnesses.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י כָל־ הָרַ֖י לַדָּ֑רֶךְ וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖י יְרֻמֽוּן׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יθήσωכָל־πᾶνהָרַ֖יὄροςלַדָּ֑רֶךְὁδὸν

4 of the 6 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.

Dead Sea Scrolls — 1Qisaaa copy a thousand years older than the Leningrad Codex

ושמתי כול הר׳י לדרך ומס ומסלת׳י ירומו׳ן

7 words on the leather.

Dead Sea Scrolls — 1Q8a copy a thousand years older than the Leningrad Codex

[ושמתי] [כל] [הר׳י] [לדרך] [ומסלת׳י] ירמו׳ן

nothing on the leather here — 1 partly restored, 5 supplied entire by an editor.

Dead Sea Scrolls — 4Q58a copy a thousand years older than the Leningrad Codex

ושמתי [כל] הר׳י [לדרך] [ומסלת׳י] [ירמו׳ן]

nothing on the leather here — 2 partly restored, 4 supplied entire by an editor.

Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Isaiah 49:11שׂוּםand I will and I will makeשׂוּםכֹּלallallכֹּלהַרmountains mmountains myהַרדֶּ֫רֶךְinto roadinto roadדֶּ֫רֶךְמְסִלָּהand highwayand highways myמְסִלָּהרוּםthey will bthey will be liרוּםכָּלַלto perfectto perfectכָּלַלדָּרַךְto treadto treadדָּרַךְסָלַלto buildto buildסָלַלהַרmountainmountainהַרשַׁמָּהhorror: dehorror: destroyשַׁמָּהשְׁמָמָהDesolateDesolateשְׁמָמָהעֵדָהcongregaticongregationעֵדָהעֲבֹדָהserviceserviceעֲבֹדָהגִּבְעָהGibeatGibeatגִּבְעָהאֶפְרַ֫יִםEphraimEphraimאֶפְרַ֫יִםפָּנָהCorner (GaCorner (Gate)פָּנָהצָפוֹןZaphonZaphonצָפוֹןבְּרֵכָהpoolpoolבְּרֵכָהכָּבַסto washto washכָּבַסתְּרוּמָהcontributicontributionתְּרוּמָהקֶ֫רֶןhornhornקֶ֫רֶן
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Isaiah 49:11

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.Ti and I will make H7760 Verb · Qal · sequential perfect first person common singular
585× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This Hebrew word means to put or place something, and is used in many different ways in the Bible, such as to appoint or determine something. It is first used in Genesis to describe God's creation. In the KJV, it is translated as 'appoint' or 'set' in various contexts.
Amplified meaning
make a way, cause to become a road
Tyndale gloss
to set: make
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word שׂוּם (sum) is a verb meaning to put, place, or set, with a wide range of applications including appointing, establishing, and making. It can also refer to laying something upon or directing it. There is a related noun שׂוּמָה (sumah), which may denote a token of unluckiness. The entries do not present any significant disagreement.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שׂוּם, שִׂים 582 vb. put, place, set

Qal

put, set, in a place

put something upon

put, lay, set

put, c. בֵּין

set, direct

set, ordain, in a place

set, establish a law, statute

set, found a nation

set, appoint (as ruler, official)

set, constitute, make

set, determine, fix, bounds

set, station, at a post

put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars

set up altars

= plant, wheat

set, fix (countenance)

make a thing, or pers. (acc.), for, transform into

make, constitute

work, bring to pass

appoint, give

set, fix (countenance)

Hiph. I will make him for a sign

Hoph. there was set before him

base

שׂוּמָה perhaps n. f. token of unluckiness, scowl;—2 S 13:32

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7760a שׂוּם, שִׂים put, place, set .. . put, set, in a place

. put something upon

. put, lay, set

. put, c. בֵּין

. set, direct

. . set, ordain, in a place

. set, establish a law, statute

. set, found a nation

. set, appoint (as ruler, official)

. set, constitute, make

. set, determine, fix, bounds

. . set, station, at a post

. put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars

. set up altars

. = plant, wheat

. set, fix (countenance)

. . make a thing, or pers. (acc.), for, transform into

. make, constitute

. work, bring to pass

. appoint, give

. set, fix (countenance)

. I will make him for a sign

. there was set before him

H7760b שׂוּמָה perhaps n. f. token of unluckiness, scowl

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7760 suwm soom

or siym {seem}; a primitive root; to put (used in a great

variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially,

and elliptically):--X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a

name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider,

convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap

up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out),

mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve,

purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set

(on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down,

((over-))turn, X wholly, work.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שׂוּם (sum) — to set: make.

: make/establish

1) to put, place, set, appoint, make

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on

1a2) to set, direct, direct toward

1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)

1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix

1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix

1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give

1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign

1c) (Hophal) to be set

שׂוּמָה (su.mah) — fate.

token of unluckiness, scowl

שׂוּם (sum) — to set: put.

: put/give

1) to put, place, set, appoint, make

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on

1a2) to set, direct, direct toward

1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)

1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | V-Qal-1cs — Verb · Qal · sequential perfect first person common singular
Hc/Vqq1cs
and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
כָל־khol- all H3605 Noun common · masculine singular construct
5,415× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for 'all' or 'everything' is used throughout the Bible, like in Genesis 1:31, where God sees all He has made as very good. It encompasses the entirety of something, whether people, things, or situations.
Tyndale gloss
all
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It can refer to totality, including every person or thing, and is often used with a following genitive to specify what is included. The term can also denote a broader sense of everything in existence or all circumstances of life. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

Absolutely:

without the art., all things, all

with the art. הַכֹּל

where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all

. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3605 kol kole

or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;

hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a

plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any

(manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as

many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole,

whoso(-ever).

see HEBREW for 03634

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּל (kol) — all.

1) all, the whole

1a) all, the whole of

1b) any, each, every, anything

1c) totality, everything

Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.

(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.

(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).

(3) All one, "It is all one" (Job 9:22), "it makes no difference whether I live or die."

(4) At all, "If thy father miss me at all" (1Sa 20:6), "in any way," "in the least."

The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
הָרַ֖יha.Rai mountains my H2022 Noun common masculine plural construct · suffix
546× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
A mountain or hill, sometimes used to describe a spiritual high point. In the Bible, it can refer to a real mountain or a figurative one. The word is often translated as hill or mount.
Amplified meaning
hills
Tyndale gloss
mountain: mount
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

הַר (har) means 'mountain' or 'hill,' and can refer to a range of hills or hill-country. It is derived from a root that suggests elevation and can be used figuratively. The entries consistently highlight its geographical connotations without significant disagreement.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

הַר 568 n.m. mountain, hill, hill-country

mountain, hill

hill-country, mountain-region

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H2022 הַר mountain, hill, hill-country

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

2022 har har

a shortened form of 2042; a mountain or range of hills

(sometimes used figuratively):--hill (country), mount(-ain), X

promotion.

see HEBREW for 02042

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

הַר (har) — mountain: mount.

: mount/hill

hill, mountain, hill country, mount

הַר (har) — mountain: hill country.

: hill_country

hill, mountain, hill country, mount

A sub-meaning of har (הַר ": mount" H2022)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-mp | Suff — Noun common masculine plural construct · suffix
HNcmpc/Sp1bs
and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
לַדָּ֑רֶךְla.Da.rekh into road H1870 Preposition · noun common both singular absolute
708× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Derek refers to a road or path, and can also mean a way of life or manner of action. It is often used to describe a journey or direction, and can be used figuratively to describe a person's character or moral path.
Amplified meaning
paths, ways
Tyndale gloss
way: road
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (derek) means way, road, or journey, and can refer to both literal paths and figurative courses of life or actions. It encompasses various aspects such as direction, manner, and moral character, often highlighting the nature of one's conduct. The term is used in both positive and negative contexts, reflecting the moral implications of one's path.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ 715 n.m. way, road, distance, journey, manner

way, road, path

journey

of direction, almost or quite = toward

way, manner

fig. of course of life, or action, undertakings

of moral action and character

of duty

specif.: in good sense

oftener in bad sense

way of י׳

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way, road, distance, journey, manner . way, road, path

. journey

. of direction, almost or quite = toward

. way, manner

. fig. of course of life, or action, undertakings

. . of moral action and character

. of duty

. specif.: in good sense

. oftener in bad sense

. way of י׳

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

1870 derek deh'-rek

from 1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of

life or mode of action, often adverb:--along, away, because

of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner,

passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side),

whither(-soever).

see HEBREW for 01869

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — way: conduct.

: conduct/lifestyle

1) way, road, distance, journey, manner

1a) road, way, path

1b) journey

1c) direction

1d) manner, habit, way

1e) of course of life (fig.)

1f) of moral character (fig.)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — Way.

This name means way, road

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — (King's) Highway.

This name means way, road

Combined with me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "King's" H4428I)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — way: direction.

: direction

1) way, road, distance, journey, manner

1a) road, way, path

1b) journey

1c) direction

1d) manner, habit, way

1e) of course of life (fig.)

1f) of moral character (fig.)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — way: road.

: road/route

1) way, road, distance, journey, manner

1a) road, way, path

1b) journey

1c) direction

1d) manner, habit, way

1e) of course of life (fig.)

1f) of moral character (fig.)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) — way: journey.

: journey

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-cs — Preposition · noun common both singular absolute
HRd/Ncbsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

Road

(1 Sam. 27:10; R.V., “raid”), an inroad, an incursion. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of a way or path.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

This word occurs but once in the Authorized Version of the Bible, viz. in (1 Samuel 37:10) where it is used in the sense of "raid" or "inroad." Where a travelled road is meant "path" or "way" is used, since the eastern roads are more like our paths.

and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖יu.me.si.lo.Tai and highways my H4546 Conjunction · noun common feminine plural construct · suffix
27× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word means a raised highway or public road, like the ones built by King Solomon. It is used in books like Numbers and Isaiah to describe paths and roadways.
Amplified meaning
public roads, raised pathways
Tyndale gloss
highway
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

מְסִלָּה (mesillah) means 'highway' and refers to a thoroughfare, which can be literal, like a public road, or figurative, such as a path or course. It is derived from the root word for 'to tread' or 'to walk' (H5549). The entries consistently emphasize its meaning related to roads and pathways.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מְסִלָּה n.f. highway

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H4546 מְסִלָּה highway

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

4546 mcillah mes-il-law'

from 5549; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or

figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase:--causeway,

course, highway, path, terrace.

see HEBREW for 05549

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

מְסִלָּה (me.sil.lah) — highway.

highway, raised way, public road

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | N-fp | Suff — Conjunction · noun common feminine plural construct · suffix
HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs
and I will make all mountains my into road and highways my they will be lifted up !
יְרֻמֽוּן׃ye.ru.Mun they will be lifted up ! H7311 Verb qal imperfect third person masculine plural · suffix
190× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This verb can mean to lift something or someone up, like a parent lifting a child, or to exalt oneself in pride. In the Bible, it's used to describe God lifting up the humble and bringing down the proud.
Amplified meaning
exalted, lifted high, to a lofty position, in triumph
Tyndale gloss
to exalt
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

רוּם (ruwm) is a Hebrew verb meaning to be high or exalted, covering a range of actions such as rising, lifting, and promoting. It can refer to physical elevation, like raising an ark or setting up a throne, as well as figurative exaltation, particularly in relation to God. The word also has a related form, רָמַם (ramam), which means to be wormy.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

רוּם vb. be high, exalted, rise

Qal

be high, lit. rock (in fig.)

esp. of י׳

be raised, uplifted

be lifted, rise, of ark

Pō‛lēl

raise, rear, children

cause tree to grow

lift up

exalt, extol, acc. י׳

Pō‛lal be lift up

Hiph.

raise, rear, c. acc., hand

raise poor

lift up voice

(take into one's hand and) lift, take up, stone

set up, erect, stone

set on high, throne

lift up, exalt, c. acc. pers.

lift up and take away, remove

lift off and present, contribute, offer

Hoph. be taken off from; be abolished

Hithpō‛l. and he shall exalt and magnify himself above, etc.; I will raise myself

base

[רָמַם] vb. denom. be wormy;—Ex 16:20

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7311a רוּם be high, exalted, rise .. . be high, lit. rock (in fig.)

. esp. of י׳

. be raised, uplifted

. be lifted, rise, of ark

.. . raise, rear, children

. cause tree to grow

. lift up

. exalt, extol, acc. י׳

.be lift up

. . . . raise, rear, c. acc., hand

. raise poor

. lift up voice

. (take into one's hand and) lift, take up, stone

. set up, erect, stone

. set on high, throne

. lift up, exalt, c. acc. pers.

. lift up and take away, remove

. lift off and present, contribute, offer

. be taken off from; be abolished

. and he shall exalt and magnify himself above, etc.; I will raise myself

H7311b רָמַם vb. denom. be wormy

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7311 ruwm room

a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in

various applications, literally or figuratively):--bring up,

exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be,

lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up,

levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer

(up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up,

tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

רוּם (rum) — to exalt.

1) to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be high, be set on high

1a2) to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted

1a3) to be lifted, rise

1b) (Polel)

1b1) to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up

1b2) to lift up, raise, exalt

1b3) to exalt, extol

1c) (Polal) to be lifted up

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high

1d2) to lift up (and take away), remove

1d3) to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute

1e) (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished

1f) (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself

Aramaic equivalent: rum (רוּם "to rise" H7313)

רָמַם (ra.mam) — be rotten.

(Qal) to be rotten, be wormy

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Imperf-3mp | Suff — Verb qal imperfect third person masculine plural · suffix
HVqi3mp/Sn
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