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Selah   Listen
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Selah  n.  (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 Selah is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it."






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"Selah" Quotes from Famous Books



... several Psalms. His voice was so sympathetic and he read so interestingly that I wished he had chosen one of my favourite chapters in the Book of Kings. I was awed by his intonation of the word 'Selah.' 'He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom He loved. Selah.' I had no idea what the word meant; perhaps he had not. But, as he uttered it, it became oracular, the most ...
— My Antonia • Willa Cather



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