Sela' (סלע) means rock in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
rock
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sela'.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אבן גדולה.
וַיָּרֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יָדוֹ וַיַּךְ אֶת-הַסֶּלַע בְּמַטֵּהוּ פַּעֲמָיִם וַיֵּצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים וַתֵּשְׁתְּ הָעֵדָה וּבְעִירָם
- 2מטבע שהיה נהוג בימי קדם, וערכו שווה לשני שקלים (של ימי המשנה) או לארבעה דינרים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sela' is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סֶלַע
- Written without vowel points
- סלע
- Said
- sela'
- Root
- ס־ל־ע
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- : סְלָעִים
- Inflections
- ר': סְלָעִים, נ"י: סֶלַע־, נ"ר: סַלְעֵי־, כ': סַלְעוֹ, סַלְעָהּ; סַלְעֵינוּ
- Gematria
- 160
This is how Sela' is said in other languages.
- English
- rock
- Arabic
- صَخْرَة
These words mean nearly the same as Sela'.
- אבן
- צור
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sela'.
The word Sela' is part of these phrases and sayings.
- חזק כסלע
- כל מלה בסלע
- מלה בסלע משתוקא בתרין
- סלע אדום
- סלע הקודש
- סלע המחלוקת
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Sela' comes from the root ס־ל־ע, like these words.
These words come before and after Sela' in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sela'.
What does Sela' (סלע) mean in Hebrew?
Sela' (סלע) means rock. It is said sela', with the stress on se.
What is a synonym for Sela' (סלע)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sela' (סלע) are אבן and צור.
What rhymes with Sela' (סלע)?
Words that rhyme with Sela' (סלע) include צלע, קלע, אלא, מוצרלה, שפלה, and פומלה.
Is Sela' (סלע) masculine or feminine?
The word Sela' (סלע) is a masculine noun, and its plural is : סְלָעִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סלע of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.