סֶלָה
çelâh · seh'-law
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5541 (סָלָה);
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Selah.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֶלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
74 occurrences · 74 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- selah60 · 81%
- themselves. selah3 · 4%
- thereof. selah1 · 1%
- me. selah1 · 1%
- himself. selah1 · 1%
- before them. selah1 · 1%
- for us. selah1 · 1%
- upon us; selah1 · 1%
- of it. selah1 · 1%
- thee. selah1 · 1%
- there. selah1 · 1%
- thee? selah1 · 1%
- for me. selah1 · 1%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.