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selā סֶ֫לָה ‘Selah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from sālā סָלָה ‘to reject / to weigh’
Roots: סלה

selā v
1) to lift up, exalt
 1a) Selah
  1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

Mentioned in Habakkuk 3:3, 3:9, 3:13 Psalms 39:6, 39:12, 68:20, 68:33, 4:3, 47:5, 52:5, 52:7, 61:5, 59:6, 67:2, 84:9, 49:14, 7:6, 66:15, 3:3, 55:20, 59:14, 49:16, 62:5, 4:5, 66:7, 140:9, 77:10, 3:5, 143:6, 44:9, 46:8, 46:12, 48:9, 50:6, 54:5, 57:4, 62:9, 68:8, 76:10, 77:4, 87:3, 88:11, 89:38, 32:5, 9:21, 75:4, 66:4, 67:5, 21:3, 83:9, 84:5, 32:7, 89:46, 81:8, 77:16, 89:5, 24:6, 3:9, 140:6, 46:4, 89:49, 20:4, 9:17, 24:10, 55:8, 32:4, 87:6, 85:3, 88:8, 140:4, 76:4, 60:6, 57:7, 82:2

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