How to Pronounce Selah
SEE-lah
Selah is pronounced SEE-lah (ˈsiːlə): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: SEE-luh.
What does Selah mean?
Selah means “the end; a pause”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is 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.”
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
SEE-luh
Found in Scripture
2 Kings 14:7Psalms 3:2Psalms 3:4Psalms 3:8Psalms 4:2Psalms 4:4Psalms 7:5Psalms 9:16Psalms 9:20Psalms 20:3Psalms 21:2Psalms 24:6Psalms 24:10Psalms 32:4Psalms 32:5Psalms 32:7Psalms 39:5Psalms 39:11Psalms 44:8Psalms 46:3Psalms 46:7Psalms 46:11Psalms 47:4Psalms 48:8Psalms 49:13Psalms 49:15Psalms 50:6Psalms 52:3Psalms 52:5Psalms 54:3+20 more
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