Words & expressions
Selah
A repeated Hebrew notation in Psalms and Habakkuk whose exact function is uncertain.
What it means
A repeated Hebrew notation in Psalms and Habakkuk whose exact function is uncertain.
It may have guided musical performance, marked a pause, or divided a poem, but the surviving texts do not define it.
How it appears in the Bible
Because its precise meaning is debated, many translations preserve the word instead of replacing it.