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# highway

«highway» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A main road, usually big and fast, that joins towns and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a highway, highways)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A main road, usually big and fast, that joins towns and cities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#m1)

2) (old or formal) Any public road; «the Highway Code» is the UK book of road rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The king's road, a main public road that travelers could use. In the Prophets it is also simply a public road, the place where a man was killed or a field lay. In the psalm "the highways in the heart" is read as a longing for the roads that lead to Jerusalem. Interpretation: Tradition reads the psalm as a person whose heart is set on the pilgrim roads up to the Temple. In the primary lessons: In the USA and Canada «highway» is the everyday word for a big main road, like a «freeway» or «interstate»; in the UK people more often say «motorway» or «main road». Road safety: never walk or play on a highway. Phrases: «on the highway», «highway patrol», «the Highway Code».

### examples

- 'Let me pass through thy land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. (Torah DEU.2.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x1)
- 'Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells; we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border.' (Torah NUM.21.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x2)
- And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. (Prophets 2SA.20.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x3)
- Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways. (Writings PSA.84.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x4)
- And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullers' field. (Prophets ISA.36.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x5)
- We drove along the highway to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x6)
- The highway was busy with trucks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x7)
- Never cross a highway on foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x8)
- The highway runs right across the country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x9)
- Learn the rules in the Highway Code before you ride your bike on the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x10)
- Highway patrol officers stopped the speeding car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x11)
- There was a traffic jam on the highway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x12)
- A Rat was traveling along the King's highway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/highway/#x13)

### note

Countable: a highway, highways. American and Canadian «highway» ≈ British «motorway» or «A-road». A «highwayman» in old stories was a robber on horseback who stopped travellers on the road.

### In the corpora

- [And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.615/)
- [And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullers' field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.737/)
- [And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1093/)
- [Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1489/)
- [The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.460/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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