Strong's Definition
from 5549; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
KJV Usage: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְסִלָּה (me.sil.lah) — highway. highway, raised way, public road
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · סלל
Roads | ≈ אֹרַח · דֶּרֶךְ
highway = a relatively wide road or access ramp made by by covering the surface of the ground with thicks layers of sand
NUM 20:19 · JDG 20:31 · JDG 20:32 · JDG 20:45 · JDG 21:19 · 1SA 6:12 · 2SA 20:12 · 2SA 20:12 · 2SA 20:13 · 2KI 18:17 · 1CH 26:16 · 1CH 26:18 · PSA 84:6 · ISA 7:3 · ISA 11:16 · ISA 19:23 · ISA 33:8 · ISA 36:2 · ISA 40:3 · ISA 49:11 · ISA 62:10 · JER 31:21
Act
way (of life) literally: highway; hence: = pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, ◄ understood as a journey through life
Constructions
ramp exact meaning unsure; possibly: = a sloping surface joining two different levels
Space
path, course literally: highway; hence: = the direction in which humans or animals move forward
1 2CH 9:11 NJPS "ramps" | RSV NIV NJB NRSV "steps" GNT "stairs" | ESV "supports" | note that the parallel text in 1KI 10:12 has מִסְעָד
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְסִלָּה n.f. highway base