Etymology

sela

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Today it means: The capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromסֶּלַע“rock”
  2. English todaySela

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

Words from the same roots

Biblical Hebrewסֶּלַע all →

selah

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.