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HebrewH6762Noun

צֵלַע

tse.la

2Occurrences
H6762Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tsela, a place in Palestine

the same as H6761 (צֶלַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Zelah = "a rib" a city in Benjamin containing the family burial place of Saul

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

צֵלַע appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 21:14BSB

And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish.After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

Joshua 18:28BSB

Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages.This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.