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סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

se.la ham.mach.le.qot

Rock of Escape

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Strong’s H5555Proper name, a place2 times in the Hebrew Bible

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Translated as

sela1

hammahlekoth1

In the text

1 Samuel 23:28סֶלַע
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַחְלְקוֹת n.f.pl. smoothness, 1 S 23:28

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.