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H5554

סֶ֫לַע

se.laN:N--L

Sela

§ Sela = "the rock" a place in Edom perhaps an early name for 'Petra'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. סֶ֫לַע proper name, of a location in Edom, ׳מֵהַהַסּ Judg 1:36 (strike out מֵ, compare GFM); ׳הַסּ captured in war 2Kgs 14:7 (and called יָקְתְאֵל); ׳מִסּ Isa 16:1 site dubious; old identification with Petra denied, plausibly, by BuhlEdom GFMJu, 36 (who thinks of an actual cliff), but held Benz2Kgs 14:7 BdPal (1898), 206; ᵐ5 (ἡ)πέτρα.

4 occurrences

Judges (1), II Kings (1), Isaiah (2)