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Definition: SELAH |
SELAHNoun1. A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. |
"SELAH" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the end", "a pause". |
Date "SELAH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1640. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Selah a word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab. 3:9, 13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning is doubtful. Some interpret it as meaning "silence" or "pause;" others, "end," "a louder strain," "piano," etc. The LXX. render the word by daplasma i.e., "a division." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: SELAH |
| Specialty definitions using "SELAH": Joktheel. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Souk el selah (1960) Taht el selah (1940) Khal'e selah (1993) | |
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Books | |
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1. Selah, WA (city, FIPS 63280) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
selah | 170 | inn selah | 3 |
selah washington | 79 | selah christian music | 3 |
district school selah | 25 | league little selah | 3 |
lyrics selah | 23 | meaning selah | 3 |
hill lauryn lyrics selah | 12 | does mean selah | 3 |
hill lauryn selah | 12 | lyrics press selah | 3 |
selah high school | 8 | camp selah | 3 |
press selah | 6 | hill lauren selah | 2 |
selah school | 6 | hazing selah | 2 |
ministry selah | 6 | hill lauren lyrics selah | 2 |
selah music | 5 | selah realty | 2 |
record selah | 5 | league little national selah | 2 |
definition selah | 5 | selah songbook | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "SELAH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | sela. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | elahsay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Habakkuk Chapter 3, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ExhlqeV eiV swthrian laou sou tou swsai touV cristouV sou ebaleV eiV kefalaV anomwn qanaton exhgeiraV desmouV ewV trachlou diayalma |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Egressus es in salutem populi tui in salutem cum christo tuo percussisti caput de domo impii denudasti fundamentum usque ad collum semper |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thou art gon out in to helthe of thi peple, in to helthe with thi crist; thou hast smyten the heued of the hous of the vnpitouse man, thou hast made nakid the foundement vn to the neckus. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thy anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by uncovering the foundation to the neck. Selah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah. |
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| Language | Habakkuk Chapter 3, Verse 13 |
| Croatian | Iziðe da spasiš narod svoj, da spasiš svog pomazanika; sori vrh kuæe bezbožnikove, ogoli joj temelje do stijene. |
| Danish | Du drager ud til Frelse for dit Folk, ud for at frelse din Salvede. Du knuser den gudløses Hustag, blotter Grunden til Klippen. - Sela. |
| Dutch | Gij toogt uit tot verlossing Uws volks, tot verlossing met Uw Gezalfde; Gij doorwonddet het hoofd van het huis des goddelozen, ontblotende den grond tot den hals toe. Sela. |
| Finnish | Sinä olet lähtenyt auttamaan kansaasi, auttamaan voideltuasi. Sinä murskaat pään jumalattoman huoneesta, paljastat perustukset kaulan tasalle. Sela. |
| French | Tu sors pour délivrer ton peuple, Pour délivrer ton oint; Tu brises le faîte de la maison du méchant, Tu la détruis de fond en comble. Pause. |
| Haitian Creole | Ou soti pou delivre pèp ou a, pou sove wa ou chwazi a. Ou kraze chèf mechan yo. Ou detwi tout moun li yo nèt. |
| Hungarian | Kiszállsz néped szabadítására, fölkented segítségére; szétzúzod a fõt a gonosznak házában; nyakig feltakarod az alapjait. Szela! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Engkau melangkah maju untuk membebaskan umat-Mu dan untuk menyelamatkan raja pilihan-Mu. Kaupukul jatuh pemimpin orang durjana, Kausapu habis semua pengikutnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa Engkau sudah keluar akan membantu umat-Mu, yang mengupayakan selamat serta dengan Almasih-Mu; bahwa Engkau meremukkan kepala rumah orang fasik, sambil membuka alasnya sampai di bumbungan. -- Selah! |
| Italian | Sei uscito per salvare il tuo popolo, per salvare il tuo consacrato. Hai demolito la cima della casa dell'empio, l'hai scalzata fino alle fondamenta. |
| Maori | I puta koe ki te whakaora i tau iwi, ae ra, ki te whakaora i tau i whakawahi ai; pakaru ana i a koe te upoko i roto o te whare o te hunga kino, takoto kau ana te turanga, a taea noatia te kaki. Hera. |
| Norwegian | Du drar ut til frelse for ditt folk, til frelse for din salvede; du knuser taket på den ugudeliges* hus, du avdekker grunnvollen like til halsen. Sela. # <* kaldeerkongens.> |
| Russian | фЩ ЧЩУФХ БЕЫШ "МС У БУЕОЙС ОБТП"Б фЧПЕЗП, "МС У БУЕОЙС ПНБЪБООПЗП фЧПЕЗП. фЩ УПЛТХЫБЕЫШ ЗМБЧХ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧПЗП "ПНБ, П'ОБЦБС ЕЗП ПФ ПУОПЧБОЙС "П ЧЕТИБ. |
| Swedish | Du drager ut för att frälsa ditt folk, för att bereda frälsning åt din smorde. Du krossar taket på de ogudaktigas hus, du bryter ned huset, från grunden till tinnarna. Sela. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SELAH": selahs. (additional references) | |
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"SELAH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elah, Saalach, Sablah, Sahal, salah, Saleha, Salekh, Salihu, Salikh, Sallah, Salleh, Sayah, Sedlak, Seilhac, Selnau, Selway, Serah, Sesljan, Siah, Tilahu, Zablah. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SELAH" (pronounced 'Se"lah'): pallah, Yalah. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hales, heals, leash, shale, sheal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-s" | |
-1 letter: ales, haes, hale, heal, lase, lash, leas, sale, seal, shea. | |
-2 letters: ale, als, ash, els, hae, has, hes, las, lea, sae, sal, sea, sel, sha, she. | |
-3 letters: ae, ah, al, as, eh, el, es, ha, he, la, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-s" | |
+1 letter: alephs, almehs, ashler, chelas, halers, halest, haloes, halves, hansel, haoles, haslet, hassel, hassle, hazels, laches, lashed, lasher, lashes, lathes, lehuas, selahs, shaled, shales, shaley, sheals, sheila, shelta, whales, wheals. | |
+2 letters: altheas, ashlers, ashless, asshole, chalehs, chalets, chapels, clashed, clasher, clashes, daledhs, daleths, enhalos, exhales, eyelash, fellahs, flashed, flasher, flashes, galoshe, hackles, haggles, hailers, halides, halites, hallels, halloes, halters, halvers, hamlets, handles, handsel, hansels, hantles, hapless, harslet, haslets, hassels, hassled, hassles, hatless, haulers, healers, healths, heliast, heralds, herbals, inhales, keblahs, lamedhs, larches, lashers, latches, lathers, leaches, leashed, leashes, lethals, loaches, loathes, phaseal, plashed, plasher, plashes, satchel, shackle, shalier, shamble, shapely, shauled, shawled, sheilas, shellac, sheltas, shoaled, shoaler, slashed, slasher, slashes, slather, spheral, stealth, thalers, unleash, wealths, whalers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 45 4C 41 48 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . .-.. .- .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000101 01001100 01000001 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S E L A H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0045 004C 0041 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5339463542 |
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