# H5555 סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת (Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth), Strong’s H5555: Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine KJV: Sela-hammalekoth.. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H5555 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth* — Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine

KJV: Sela-hammalekoth.

Built from [סֶלַע çelaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H5553) (a craggy rock, literally or figuratively) + [מַחֲלֹקֶת machălôqeth](https://besorah.bible/word/H4256) (a section) — means “rock of the divisions”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַחְלְקוֹת n.f.pl. smoothness, 1 S 23:28

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 23:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=28) — So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela…