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‖ Selah|ˈsiːlə|
Also 6–7 sela.
[Heb. ˈselāh.]
A Hebrew word, occurring frequently at the end of a verse in the Psalter and thrice in Hab. iii, by the LXX rendered διάψαλµα; supposed to be a musical or liturgical direction of some kind, perhaps indicating pause or rest. Hence in various allusive uses (see quots.).
1530tr. Bucer's Psalms iii. A 5, This worde Selah signifyeth y⊇ sentence before to be pond'red with a depe affecte, longe to be rested upon and the voyce there to be exalted. 1623S. Ward Peace-off. (1624) 50 Record, not all and euery fauour, which is impossible, but the most memorable and thankworthy; putting a special Selah of thankes vpon them. 1826Mrs. Browning Ess. Mind ii. 629 Then comes the Selah! and the voice is hush'd. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. iv, But you need not think I am going to tell you every time his popgun goes off, making a Selah of him whenever I want to change the subject. 1906J. London Let. 1 Dec. (1966) 229, I want an answer... I want it to the point... Selah. 1924E. E. Cummings Let. 13 May (1969) 107 The Independants found me not incapable of a 40′ × 50′ ‘abstract’ canvas which..hung very well (by itself)—this lidel effut cost me 9 days work and was dry on time, selah-sounds. 1947W. Stevens in Q. Rev. Lit. III. 110 The dove in the belly builds his nest and coos, Selah, tempestuous bird. 1975New Yorker 26 May 33/3 Then I can go back to doing what every really dedicated writer wants to do. Nothing. Selah, Phil. |