Strong's #5542: celah (pronounced seh'-law)
from 5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause:--Selah.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
selâh
1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: from H5541
Usage:
This word is used 74 times:
Psalms 77:3: "I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah."
Psalms 77:9: "hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah."
Psalms 77:15: "the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah."
Psalms 81:7: "thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah."
Psalms 82:2: "unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah."
Psalms 83:8: "helped the children of Lot. Selah."
Psalms 84:4: "in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah."
Psalms 84:8: "give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah."
Psalms 85:2: "thou hast covered all their sin. Selah."
Psalms 87:3: "are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah."
Psalms 87:6: "that this man was born there. Selah."
Psalms 88:7: "me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah."
Psalms 88:10: "shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah."
Psalms 89:4: "forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah."
Psalms 89:37: "and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."
Psalms 89:45: "hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah."
Psalms 89:48: "his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah."
Psalms 140:3: "poison is under their lips. Selah."
Psalms 140:5: "by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah."
Psalms 140:8: "not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah."
Psalms 143:6: "my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah."
Habakkuk 3:3: "from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered"
Habakkuk 3:9: "was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers."
Habakkuk 3:13: "by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah."
