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Strong's #5555 - סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Transliteration

Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth

Phonetics

seh'-lah ham-makh-lek-oth'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H5553) and the pl. of (H4256) with the article interposed

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

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

Book
Word

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.

List of Word Forms

הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ המחלקות׃ ham·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ HammachleKot hammaḥləqōwṯ