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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.)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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."
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Selah, the end; a pause
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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