ma.a.qash denotes uneven places made level in a promise of guidance.

The attested use refers to uneven places within the promise that they will be made level for those being led in Isaiah 42:16.

1. Uneven places made level · dominant

   In Isaiah 42:16, the masculine plural noun occurs in the clause about making such places level; the APB renders the wider clause "crooked places into level ground."

   Isaiah 42:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 42:16, the APB presents the term within "crooked places into level ground." This rendering confirms the clause's overall contrast rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.