HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6768
צֶ֫לֶק
tse.leq — Zelek
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.37 § Zelek = "fissure" an Ammonite and a warrior for David
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Zelek
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Cleft, an Ammonite; one of David’s valiant men (2 Sam. 23:37).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.