סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת
Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth · seh'-lah hammakh-lek-oth'
Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5553 (סֶלַע) and the plural of H4256 (מַחֲלֹקֶת) with the article interposed; rock of the divisions;
Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sela-hammalekoth.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- selahammahlekoth1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.