English Explanatory Dictionary

sela

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of selo
name
  1. The capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra.
  2. A village in modern-day Jordan near the location of historical Sela.

Word forms

sela Selah

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السَّلَع (as-salaʕ).

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