{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5553",
  "lemma": "סֶלַע",
  "transliteration": "çelaʻ",
  "definition": "a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)",
  "kjv": "(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.",
  "occurrences": 59,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "סֶ֫לַע 61 n.m. crag, cliff"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:8",
      "text": "“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:10",
      "text": "Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:11",
      "text": "Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 24:21",
      "text": "He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:13",
      "text": "He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 1:36",
      "text": "The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 6:20",
      "text": "The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:8",
      "text": "He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:11",
      "text": "Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:13",
      "text": "They spoke to him, saying, “No, but we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hands; but surely we will not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=13"
    }
  ],
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