Selah

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (selāh); according to some scholars, from סָלָה (salah, “to hang”, implying “to weigh”, “to measure”).

Interjection[edit]

Selah

  1. Alternative letter-case form of selah.

Proper noun[edit]

Selah

  1. A female given name from Hebrew derived from the Biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name).

Etymology 2[edit]

Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السلع (as-Sala‛).

Proper noun[edit]

Selah

  1. Alternative form of Sela.

Anagrams[edit]

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