Selah meaning

sē'lə, sĕl'ə
A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms, perhaps indicating a pause for contemplation.
interjection
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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.

interjection
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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”
noun
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An exclamation, precise meaning unknown, used to punctuate Psalm verses.

interjection
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Used to conclude a verse in the Psalms.
interjection
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A female given name derived from the biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name) .
pronoun
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Origin of selah

  • Hebrew selâ
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Classical Hebrew סֶֽלָה (selāh)
    From Wiktionary
  • From Wiktionary

Selah Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Holzinger interprets it as "man of the javelin": Hommel prefers "man of Selah," Selah being the Hebraized form of the Babylonian Sarrahu (i.e.

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