Rock of Escape
סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹתStrong’s H5555sela hammachleqot (se-la ham-mach-le-qot)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sela hammachleqot is the Hebrew word usually translated “sela” and “hammahlekoth”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.”
Meaning
- § Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
How it's translated
- sela 1
- hammahlekoth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת sela hammachleqot · Rock of Escape
§ 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.