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Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5555 - Sela–hammahlekoth

Strong's No.:H5555

Hebrew:סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Transliteration:Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth

Phonetic:seh'-lah hammakh-lek-oth'

Word Origin:From H5553 and the plural of H4256 with the article interposed

Bible Usage:Sela-hammalekoth.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Location

Strongs
Definition:

rock of the divisions; Sela ham {Machlekoth} a place in Palestine


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"

1. a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul



 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.