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Strong's #5555 - סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Transliteration
Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth
Phonetics
seh'-lah ham-makh-lek-oth'
Origin
from (H5553) and the pl. of (H4256) with the article interposed
Parts of Speech
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Sela-hammahlekoth = “the cliff of escapes” or “the cliff of divisions”

1) a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
1 Samuel 1
HCS (0)
HCS (1)
1 Samuel 1
BSB (1)
1 Samuel 1
WEB (0)
WEB (1)
1 Samuel 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. מַחְלְקוֺת noun feminine plural smoothness, ׳סֶלַע הַמּ 1 Samuel 23:28 rock of smoothness, i.e. slippery rock, perhaps original meaning of this proper name, see further I. מחלקוֺת below I. חלק.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ המחלקות׃ ham·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ HammachleKot hammaḥləqōwṯ
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