sha.vil denotes routes or paths, including ancient paths from which people stray and the way along which a people are led.

The attested use concerns routes or paths: Jeremiah 18:15 places the plural construct form among “ancient paths” and roads, while Psalm 77:20 uses plural construct forms in a verse about God leading his people.

1. Routes or paths of travel · dominant

   In Jeremiah 18:15, the plural construct form occurs in a clause where the people stumble in their ways and leave “the ancient paths” for roads “not built up”; the APB presents the surrounding route imagery explicitly. In Psalm 77:20, plural construct forms occur in the verse about leading a people, though the APB renders the verse as “You led your people like a flock” without isolating the term's contribution.

   Jeremiah 18:15Psalm 77:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 18:15, the APB presents the surrounding clause with “ancient paths” and roads. In Psalm 77:20, it renders the larger action as leading the people, so the term itself is not separately identifiable in the translation.