SINCE 1828
selah
interjection
se·lah
| \ ˈsē-lə
, -ˌlä\
, -ˌlä\
Definition of selah
—a term of uncertain meaning found in the Hebrew text of the Psalms and Habakkuk carried over untranslated into some English versions
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