§ Sela = "the rock" a place in Edom perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
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H5554 — סֶ֫לַע
se.la · Sela · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 1:36 · מֵהַסֶּ֖לַעAnd the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.2 Kings 14:7 · הַסֶּ֖לַעHe slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.Isaiah 16:1 · מִסֶּ֣לַעSend ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.Isaiah 42:11 · סֶ֔לַעLet the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.