selah
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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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The first known use of selah was circa 1530
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