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Job 39:28
“She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סֶלַעçelaʻ · seh'-lah
H5553 · Hebrew
H5553 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
- KJV renderings
- (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
- Grammar
- סֶ֣לַע — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 20:8Numbers 20:8Numbers 20:10Numbers 20:10Numbers 20:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סֶלַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.