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selaʿ סֶ֫לַע ‘crag’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be lofty

selaʿ n, m
1) crag, cliff, rock
 1a) crag, cliff
 1b) as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)

Mentioned in Numbers 20:8, 20:10, 24:21, 20:11 Deuteronomy 32:13 Judges 20:45, 15:11, 20:47, 6:20, 21:13, 15:13, 1:36, 15:8 1 Samuel 14:4, 23:25, 23:28, 13:6 2 Samuel 22:2 1 Kings 19:11 Isaiah 31:9, 32:2, 57:5, 33:16, 2:21, 7:19, 22:16 Jeremiah 13:4, 16:16, 51:25, 5:3, 23:29, 49:16, 48:28 Ezekiel 26:14, 24:7, 24:8, 26:4 Amos 6:12 Obadiah 1:3 Psalms 137:9, 42:10, 18:3, 141:6, 40:3, 31:4, 71:3, 104:18, 78:16 Proverbs 30:26 Job 39:1, 39:28 Song of Songs 2:14 Nehemiah 9:15 2 Chronicles 25:12

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