Strong's Concordance
selah: to lift up, exalt
Original Word: סֶ֫לָהPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: selah
Phonetic Spelling: (seh'-law)
Short Definition: Selah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
(voices in ), or exalt () (
Imperative of (compare
Proverbs 4:8;
Psalm 68:5;
Psalm 9:17, see ), properly , possibly Qr = , Hexapla but compare Ew
554 Kö
ii. 1, 539; Symm Theod , explanation Suidas ; Theodoret, Hippolytus (compare Hexapla
Habakkuk 3:3 ; Syriac, Hexapla Aq in 5 Psalms, Field in
Psalm 38:12); adds e.g.
Psalm 2:2;
Psalm 34:11;
Psalm 94:15, after final editing of Hebrew Psalter; so Psalms of Solomon 17:31; 18:10 on same principles as in MT; used therefore with full knowledge that it indicated some kind of interruption or change in the regular rendering. is used in after Benedictions 3, 18, and after other early Jewish prayers, shewing knowledge, approximately ; Aq gives (Theod. also
Psalm 9:17); Sexta (except
Psalm 20:4 ); Quinta Jerome
semper, usually , ; but
Psalm 39:6 ,
Psalm 44:9 ,
Psalm 48:9 ,
Psalm 49:14 ; uniform tradition best explained by closing contents of the Benedictions, . So Jerome classes
sela with
amen and
salom; and Jacob of Edessa in BarHebr.
Psalm 10:1 compare Christian
Amen of the people after
Gloria); — this interpretation agrees with usage: 71 t. in 39 Psalms, 3t.
Habakkuk 3 (taken from Minor Psalter , see ); it occurs at end of
Habakkuk 3:9; Hab 24:10; Hab 46:12 (omitted by ), Hab 9:21 ( combines 9 and 10); elsewhere at close of strophe,
Habakkuk 3:3;
Habakkuk 3:5; Hab 4:3; Hab 4:5; Hab 7:6; Hab 9:17; Hab 24:6; Hab 32:4; Hab 32:5; Hab 32:7; Hab 39:6; Hab 39:12; Hab 46:4; Hab 46:8; Hab 47:5; Hab 48:9; Hab 49:13 (so read Hab 49:14 by error) Hab 49:16; Hab 50:6; Hab 52:5; Hab 52:7; Hab 54:5; Hab 59:6; Hab 59:14; Hab 61:5; Hab 62:5; Hab 62:9; Hab 66:4; Hab 66:7; Hab 66:15; Hab 67:5; Hab 68:20; Hab 76:4; Hab 76:10; Hab 77:4; Hab 77:10; Hab 77:16; Hab 81:8; Hab 82:2; Hab 83:9; Hab 84:5; Hab 84:9; Hab 88:8; Hab 88:11; Hab 89:38; Hab 89:46; Hab 140:4; Hab 140:6; Hab 140:9; Hab 143:6; or where citations have been made, Hab 44:9; Hab 55:8; Hab 57:7; Hab 60:6; Hab 67:2; Hab 68:8; Hab 68:33; Hab 89:5;
Habakkuk 3:3,9; or where extracts might be made for liturgical purposes,
Psalm 20:4;
Psalm 21:3;
Psalm 55:20;
Psalm 75:4;
Psalm 85:3;
Psalm 87:3;
Psalm 87:6;
Psalm 89:49; so
Psalm 57:3 ( for
Psalm 57:4)
Habakkuk 3:13. — Of Psalms with , 23 used in Elohistic Psalter, 28 in Director's Psalter, 39 in final editing of Psalter. These editors found it in earlier Psalters. Davidic Psalter uses 20 of them, so few in proportion that it is not characteristic of this Psalter; but Korahite 9 (out of 12), and Asaph 7 + Hab 80:8 [] (probably 8 out of 12); apparently it came into use in time of these editors. In Diretor's Psalter musical terms are added to 19 of the 28 it uses (and only to ten others, of which some could hardly use ); Psalms with all (except 61, 81) name the kind of Psalm in title: 3, 7 , 10 , 26 (27) others ,
Habakkuk 3 ; is especially frequent with and , terms associated with musical rendering. It probably came into use in late Persian period in connection with Psalms used with musical accompaniment in public worship, to indicate place of benedictions. It was not added by later editors to other psalms; but was revived in first century B.C., and continued in use for some time (see Jacob
ZAW xvi (1896), 129 f. Br
JBL 1809 EGBriggs
AM. J. Semitic Lang. Oct. 1899, 1 ff.).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Selah
From calah; suspension (of music), i.e. Pause -- Selah.
see HEBREW calah
Forms and Transliterations
סֶ֑לָה סֶ֥לָה סֶּֽלָה׃ סֶֽלָה׃ סלה סלה׃ se·lāh Selah selāh
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