H5555: סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת
Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth · pronounced seh'-lah hammakh-lek-oth' · “Rock of Escape”
Definition
Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Sela-hammalekoth.
Word origin: from H5553 (סֶלַע) and the plural of H4256 (מַחֲלֹקֶת) with the article interposed; rock of the divisions;
Extended definition
§ Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul
a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5555 is translated
- sela ×1
- hammahlekoth ×1
Bible verses with H5555 (Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth)
Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth appears in 1 verse.
- 1 Samuel 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.