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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