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Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5555

סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

se.la ham.mach.le.qot · “Rock of Escape”

Used 2 times across 1 book

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
Where it appears
1 Samuel
2
In the text
1 Samuel 23:28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.

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