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selaʿ hammaḥlᵊqōt סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת ‘Sela-hammahlekoth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from selaʿ סֶ֫לַע ‘crag’ and the plural of maḥălōqet מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת ‘division’ with the article inserted
Roots: סלע מחלוקת

selaʿ hammaḥlᵊqōt pr n loc
Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
1) a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 23:28

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