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# byway

«byway» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (byways)

### meaning for a pupil

A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Deborah's song the roads were empty because enemies made the main highways unsafe. Tradition reads this as showing how fearful and weak Israel had become before God saved them. In the primary lessons: in tales, the little roads and paths that the hero or a traveller takes, such as «along highways and byways»

### examples

- In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways. (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/#x1)
- We took the byway through the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/#x2)
- The witch lived down a dusty byway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/#x3)
- Highways and byways were full of people that day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; «highways and byways» means all the roads, both big and small.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «byway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.