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se⋅lah

  [see-luh, sel-uh]
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an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
Origin:
1520–30; < Heb selāh
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se·lah   (sē'lə, sěl'ə)   
interj.  Used to conclude a verse in the Psalms.

[Hebrew selâ.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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selah 
1530, Hebrew word occurring frequently at the end of verse in Psalter. Supposed to be a liturgical direction, perhaps meaning "pause," or perhaps a musical direction to raise the voice (cf. Heb. base s-l-l "to raise, lift").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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