Word Study · Strong's H5542 · Hebrew
סֶלָה
selah
seh'-law
Strong's 1890 spelling: çelâh
“suspension (of music), i.e. pause”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
Rendered in the KJV as
Selah.
- 74occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 74 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- סֶֽלָה׃61
- סֶּֽלָה׃8
- סֶ֑לָה3
- סֶ֥לָה1
- סֶֽלָה׃ פ1
How it is rendered · 1
- Selah74
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- interjection74
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- HTj · 74
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Psalms71 occurrences
- Psalms 3:2סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionMany say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 3:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionTo the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 3:8סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionSalvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 4:2סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHow long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 4:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionBe angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 7:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionthen may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 9:16סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThe LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 9:20סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionLay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 20:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionMay He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 21:2סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 24:6סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionSuch is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 24:10סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionWho is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts— He is the King of Glory. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 32:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionFor day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 32:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThen I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 32:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 39:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 39:11סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 44:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionIn God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 46:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionthough their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 46:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThe LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 46:11סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThe LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 47:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHe chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 48:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionAs we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 49:13סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThis is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 49:15סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionBut God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 50:6סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionAnd the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 52:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 52:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionSurely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 54:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionFor strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 55:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHow far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 55:19סֶ֥לָהselahinterjectionGod will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.here: Selah
- Psalms 57:3סֶ֑לָהselahinterjectionHe reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.here: Selah
- Psalms 57:6סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThey spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 59:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionO LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 59:13סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionConsume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 60:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 61:4סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionLet me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 62:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThey fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 62:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionTrust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 66:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionAll the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 66:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHe rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 66:15סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionI will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 67:1סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionMay God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 67:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionLet the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 68:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionO God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 68:19סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionBlessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 68:32סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionSing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord— Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 75:3סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionWhen the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 76:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThere He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 76:9סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionwhen God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 77:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionI remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 77:9סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHas God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 77:15סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionWith power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 81:7סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 82:2סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjection“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 83:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionEven Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 84:4סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionHow blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 84:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionO LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 85:2סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 87:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionGlorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 87:6סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThe LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 88:7סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYour wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 88:10סֶּֽלָה׃selahinterjectionDo You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 89:4סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjection‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 89:37סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionlike the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 89:45סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionYou have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 89:48סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionWhat man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 140:3סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThey sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 140:5סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionThe proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 140:8סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionGrant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selahhere: Selah
- Psalms 143:6סֶֽלָה׃selahinterjectionI stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selahhere: Selah
Habakkuk3 occurrences
- Habakkuk 3:3סֶ֑לָהselahinterjectionGod came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.here: Selah
- Habakkuk 3:9סֶ֑לָהselahinterjectionYou brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.here: Selah
- Habakkuk 3:13סֶֽלָה׃ פselahinterjectionYou went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selahhere: Selah