a Hebrew word of unknown meaning at the end of verses in the Psalms: perhaps a musical direction, but traditionally interpreted as a blessing meaning “forever”
Origin of selah
Classical Hebrew (language) sela
Psalm 68:19 Praise the Lord: praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms. Selah
Selah is defined as a Hebrew word that has been found at the ending of verses in Psalms and has been interpreted as an instruction calling for a break in the singing of the Psalm or it may mean "forever."
An example of Selah is seeing the term used seventy-one times in the Psalms in the Hebrew Bible.
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selah
interjection
Used to conclude a verse in the Psalms.
Origin of selah
Hebrew selâTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Interjection
Origin
Interjection
- An exclamation, precise meaning unknown, used to punctuate Psalm verses.
Proper noun
- A female given name derived from the biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name) .
Origin
From Classical Hebrew סֶֽלָה (selÄh)
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Sentence Examples
- Selah Jewelry: One-of-a-kind rings fashioned with tri-colored swirled designs for your perfect day.
- Its most striking characteristic lies in the superscription ("A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth"), the subscription ("For the chief musician, on my stringed instruments"), and the insertion of the musical term "Selah" in three places (v.
- The musical notes found in the titles of the psalms and occasionally also in the text (Selah, 1 Higgaion) are so obscure that it seems unnecessary to enter here upon the various conjectures that have been made about them.
- 1 Of the various explanations that have been given of Selah the only one which possesses any probability is that given independently by Baethgen and others, viz.