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. "The caravans from all ages, from the interior of" "Arabia and from the Gulf of Persia, from Hadramaut on the ocean," "and even from Sabea or Yemen, appear to have pointed to Petra as" a common centre; and from Petra the tide seems again to have "branched out in every direction, to Egypt, Palestine, and Syria," "through Arsinoe, Gaza, Tyre, Jerusalem, and Damascus, and by" "other routes, terminating at the Mediterranean." (See [564]EDOM" [2].)

"A word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab." "3:9, 13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its" "meaning is doubtful. Some interpret it as meaning "silence" or" "pause; others, "end," "a louder strain," "piano," etc. The" "LXX. render the word by daplasma i.e., "a division."

Cliff of divisions the name of the great gorge which lies "between Hachilah and Maon, south-east of Hebron. This gorge is" now called the Wady Malaky. This was the scene of the interview between David and Saul mentioned in 1 Sam. 26:13. Each stood on "an opposing cliff, with this deep chasm between."

Definition of Sela:
"a rock"