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selah |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Selah \Se"lah\, n. [Heb. sel[=a]h.] (Script.) 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.) From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Selah, WA (city, FIPS 63280) Location: 46.65616 N, 120.53392 W Population (1990): 5113 (1930 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98942 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Selah a word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab. 3:9, 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." From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Selah, the end a pause