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סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

se.la ham.mach.le.qotN:N--L

Rock of Escape

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. מַחְלְקוֺת noun feminine plural smoothness, ׳סֶלַע הַמּ 1Sam 23:28 rock of smoothness, i.e. slippery rock, perhaps original meaning of this proper name, see further I. מחלקוֺת below I. חלק.


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