Sela-hammalekoth — the meaning of the Hebrew name סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth · pronounced seh'-lah hammakh-lek-oth' · Strong's H5555 · a place

Sela-hammalekoth means rock of the divisions.

Built from

סֶלַע çelaʻ (from, H5553) — a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) open in the lexicon ›

מַחֲלֹקֶת machălôqeth (the plural of, H4256) — a section (of Levites, people or soldiers) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H5553 and the plural of H4256 with the article interposed; rock of the divisions; Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Sam 23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth. (KJV)

Every verse that names Sela-hammalekoth

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Samuel

1Sam 23:28

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