Lexicon / H5555
סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת
se.la ham.mach.le.qot
  • Rock of Escape
  • smoothness

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Rock of Escape

§ Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"

a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: smoothness

Root √חלק: חָלַק vb be smooth slippery Qal smooth slippery , Hiph make smooth .

מַחְלְקוֹת n.f.pl smoothness 1 S 23:28 .