סֶלָה

selah

SEH-lah

a pause — meaning uncertain

Where it comes from

Seventy-one times in the Psalms and three in Habakkuk, and nobody is certain what it means. Most likely a musical direction to pause or to lift. The working translation is: stop, and let that land.

Psalm 46:10-11

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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