Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth — H5555

Definition

locative proper noun

Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine

1. Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
2. a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul

Usually translated as

Sela-hammalekoth

Origin

from H5553 and the plural of H4256 with the article interposed; rock of the divisions

• Derived from Çelaʻ (H5553)
• Derived from Machălôqeth (H4256)

Occurrences

Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1)

• 1 Samuel 23:28 — Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth (הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת).