Bible Encyclopedias
Cleft

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(בְּקַיעִ, beki'a, a gap in a building, Amos 6:11; "breach," Isaiah 22:9; שֶׁסע, she'sa, a split in the hoof of an animal, Deuteronomy 14:6; also נְקָרָה, nekarah', a fissure in a rock, Isaiah 2:21; חֲגָוַים, chagavim', refuges in the crags, Song of Solomon 2:14; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:3), or CLIFT (נְקָרָה, nekariah' crevice in a rock, Exodus 33:22; סְעַי Š, seiph', a rock fissure, Isaiah 57:5; "top" of the rock, Judges 15:8; Judges 15:11; Isaiah 2:21). (See CAVE); (See ROCK).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cleft'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cleft.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.