How to Pronounce Sela
SEE-luh
Sela is pronounced SEE-luh (ˈsiːlə): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Sela mean?
Sela means “a rock”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Sela?
=Se’lah, rock, the capital of Edom, situated in the great valley extending from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea (2 Kings 14:7). It was near Mount Hor, close by the desert of Zin. It is called “the rock” (Judg. 1:36). When Amaziah took it he called it Joktheel (q.v.) It is mentioned by the prophets (Isa. 16:1; Obad. 1:3) as doomed to destruction. It appears in later history and in the Vulgate Version under the name of Petra.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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