- Original: סלע - Transliteration: Cela` - Phonetic: seh'-lah - Definition: Sela = the rock 1. a place in Edom a. perhaps an early name for 'Petra' - Origin: the same as H5553 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location - Strong's: the same as H5553 ; Sela the rock city of Idumaea: - rock Sela (-h). Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • Sela, 1 Isaiah 16:1 • Selah, 1 2 Kings 14:7