Sela=“the rock” 1) a place in Edom 1a) perhaps an early name for ‘Petra’ Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H5553
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. סֶ֫לַעproper name, of a locationin Edom, ׳מֵהַהַסּJudges 1:36 (strike out מֵ, compare GFM); ׳הַסּ captured in war 2 Kings 14:7 (and called יָקְתְאֵל); ׳מִסּIsaiah 16:1; site dubious; old identification with Petra denied, plausibly, by BuhlEdom GFMJu, 36 (who thinks of an actual cliff), but held Benz2Kings 14:7 BdPal (1898), 206; ᵐ5 (ἡ)πέτρα.
2 Kings 14:7 HEB:וְתָפַ֥שׂ אֶת־ הַסֶּ֖לַע בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א NAS: 10000and took Sela by war, and named KJV: and took Selah by war, INT: thousand and took Sela war and called
Isaiah 16:1 HEB:מֹשֵֽׁל־ אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־ NAS: of the land, From Sela by way of the wilderness KJV: of the land from Sela to the wilderness, INT: to the ruler of the land Sela of the wilderness to
Isaiah 42:11 HEB:יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי סֶ֔לַע מֵרֹ֥אשׁ הָרִ֖ים INT: sing the inhabitants rock the tops of the mountains
