סלע
Sela = "the rock" 1. a place in Edom a. perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
Origin: the same as H5553
TWOT: None
Parts of Speech: Proper Name Location TBESH:
סֶ֫לַע
se.la
N:N--L
Sela
Sela = "the rock" 1) a place in Edom 1a) perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
סלע
sela‛
seh'-lah
From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV Usage: (ragged) rock, stone (-ny), strong hold.
H5555 סלע המּחלקות sela‛ hammachle qôthסלע המּחלקות
sela‛ hammachle qôth
seh'-lahham-makh-lek-oth'
From H5553 and the plural of H4256 with the article interposed; rockofthedivisions; SelahamMachlekoth, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage: Sela-hammalekoth.
H5556 סלעם sol‛âmסלעם
sol‛âm
sol-awm'
Apparently from the same as H5553 in the sense of crushing as with a rock, that is, consuming; a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)