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Isaiah 49:11

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

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, 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).הָרַ֖יharayhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.לַדָּ֑רֶךְladarekhto alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖יumesilotayand causewayמְסִלָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and causeway”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircasecauseway, course, highway, path, terrace.יְרֻמֽוּןyerumunhighרוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “high”, an unfinished actionH7311to 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, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ θήσω πᾶν ὄρος εἰς ὁδὸν, καὶ πᾶσαν τρίβον εἰς βόσκημα αὐτοῖς.