מְסִלָּהmᵉçillâh

Same root

• סָלַלçâlal · H5549to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

• Numbers 20:19 The Israelites answered, “We will stay on the main road. If our livestock drink your water, we will pay for it. Just let us pass through your country. That’s all we ask.”
• Judges 5:20 The stars fought from heaven. The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera.
• Judges 20:31 When the men of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads, one leading to Bethel and the other leading back to Gibeah.
• Judges 20:32 Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, “We’re defeating them as we did before!” But the Israelites had planned in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.
• Judges 20:45 The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.
• Judges 21:19 Then they thought of the annual festival of the Lord held in Shiloh, south of Lebonah and north of Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.