סֶלַע Sela
Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The rock-city of Idumaea. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 14:7 and last at Isaiah 42:11.
הוּא־הִכָּה אֶת־אֱדוֹם בְּגֵיא־המלח עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים וְתָפַשׂ אֶת־הַסֶּלַע בַּמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמָהּ יָקְתְאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
שִׁלְחוּ־כַר מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶרֶץ מִסֶּלַע מִדְבָּרָה אֶל־הַר בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land From the crags that are toward the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
יִשְׂאוּ מִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר יָרֹנּוּ יֹשְׁבֵי סֶלַע מֵרֹאשׁ הָרִים יִצְוָֽחוּ
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar doth inhabit; Let the inhabitants of Sela exult, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Sela?
Sela — סלע in Hebrew — has a gematria of 160 in the standard method.
How many times is Sela named in the Tanakh?
3 times, first at 2 Kings 14:7.
A spelling is not a name. The written word סלע stands 18 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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