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Selah
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Se'lah. This word, which is found only in the poetical books of the Old Testament, occurs seventy-one times in the Psalms, and three times in Habakkuk. It is probably a term which had a meaning in the musical nomenclature of the Hebrews, though what that meaning may have been is now a matter of pure conjecture. (Gesenius and Ewald and others think it has much the same meaning as our interlude, a pause in the voices singing, while the instruments perform alone. - Editor)
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Selah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/selah.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Selah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/selah.html. 1901.
