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seÌ„-la-ha-ma´leÌ„Ì-koth, -koÌ„th (המּחלקות סלע, sÌ£ela‛ha-mahÌ£lekÌ£oÌ„th; πεÌÏ„Ïα ἡ μεÏισθεῖσα, peÌtra heÌ„ meristheıÌsa): “The rock of divisions (or, escape)†( margin). “Saul ... pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul†(, ). The name seems to survive in WaÌ‚dy MalaÌ„ki, “the great gorge which breaks down between Carmel and Maon eastward, with vertical cliffs†(PEF, III, 314, Sh. XXI).