selah

== English == === Etymology === From Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (sélā), of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiːlə/, /ˈseɪ̯lɑ/ Hyphenation: se‧lah === Interjection === selah (biblical) A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a pause, either for contemplation or for clearing the throat in singing. 1863 December 4, “Art. III. – The Meaning and Use of סֶלָה (Selah.)”, Robert J[efferson] Breckinridge [et al.], editors, The Danville Quarterly Review, volume IV, number II, Danville, Ky.; Cincinnati, Oh.: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 25 West Fourth Street, published June 1864, OCLC 4609985, page 240: […] Ps[alm] xlvi has three Selahs (vs. 3, 7, 11,) and likewise a repetition in vs. 7, 11, which, as we have already fully illustrated, Selah greatly intensifies. In Ps. xlix there are two Selahs (vs. 13, 15,) indicating the refrain, "Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:" and, also, a repetition, (with some variation,) of the following words, "Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish." Vs. 12, 20. === Noun === selah (plural selahs) (Christianity) A pause or rest of a contemplative nature. ==== Alternative forms ==== Selah === Further reading === selah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === helas, leash, hales, heals, Sahel, Saleh, sheal, shale, Heals, Halse, halse, Hales, Shalë == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch slag, from Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈlah/ [səˈlah] Rhymes: -ah Syllabification: se‧lah === Noun === selah (plural selah-selah) (automotive) motorcycle crank as a starter that is operated using the foot === Further reading === “selah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *selh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈs̠ɛ.lax/ === Noun === sëlah m seal ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: sëleh German: Seel (obsolete) ⇒ German: Seelhund ⇒ Seehund ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “selah”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition