1 Samuel 23:28:131 Sam.23.28.W13TAB
סֶ֖לַע
sela
“rock”
- Transliteration
- SE-la
- Extended
- SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ˈsɛlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SE-la
- clause
al-KE-n kar-E-U la-ma-KOM ha-HU SE-la ha-ma-khle-KOT
- sentence
va-YA-shav sha-UL mir-DOF a-kha-RE da-VID va-YE-lekh lik-RA-at pe-lish-TIM al-KE-n kar-E-U la-ma-KOM ha-HU SE-la ha-ma-khle-KOT
Exegesis
The conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kên} introduces the causative naming clause, where the perfect karu {קָרְאוּ | qārᵉ’û} and demonstrative hahu precede the compound place-name sela hammachlekot {סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת | sēla‘ hammāḥleqōṯ}, following the biblical pattern of event-based toponymy.
Root and etymology
s-l-ʿ
“rock, crag”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul turned back from chasing David and went to confront the Philistines; therefore that place was called Sela Hammachlekot.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 23:28, so the Hebrew word סֶ֖לַע (sela) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.23.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.28.W13.S1) and character.