Category:Selah

Se"lah, n. Etym: [heb. selah.] (script.)

Defn: a word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the psalms; By some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical Performance of the song. Beyond the fact that selach is a musical term, we know absolutely Nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (bib. Dict.)

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Selah - A word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Habakkuk 3:9, Habakkuk 3:13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning is doubtful. Some interpret it as meaning "silence" or "pause;" others, "end," "a louder strain," "piano," etc. The LXX. render the word by daplasma i.e., "a division."