Word Study · Strong's H5554 · Hebrew
סֶלַע
Sela
seh'-lah
Strong's 1890 spelling: Çelaʻ
“Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea
Rendered in the KJV as
rock, Sela(-h).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַסֶּ֖לַע1
- מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע1
- מִסֶּ֣לַע1
- סֶ֔לַע1
How it is rendered · 4
- from Sela1
- from the Sela1
- Sela1
- the Sela1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
- HR/Td/Npl · 1
- HTd/Npl · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 16:1מִסֶּ֣לַעmisela'preposition + proper noun (a name)Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.here: from Sela
- Isaiah 42:11סֶ֔לַעsela'noun · masculine singularLet the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.here: Sela
Same headword in Strong's