סֶלַעçelaʻ

crag, cliff, synonym צוּר

Pronunciation: seh'-lah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5553

Meanings

1. cliff, crag (Judges 6:20; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 7:19)

2. figurative, especially סַלְעִי of ׳ י (Psalms 18:3; 2 Samuel 22:2; Psalms 31:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 58 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 20:8 “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”
  • Numbers 20:10 Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?”
  • Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.
  • Numbers 24:21 Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message: “Your home is secure; your nest is set in the rocks.
  • Deuteronomy 32:13 He let them ride over the highlands and feast on the crops of the fields. He nourished them with honey from the rock and olive oil from the stony ground.
  • Judges 6:20 The angel of God said to him, “Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the broth over it.” And Gideon did as he was told.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).