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selah
(selah)
Pronunciation:
/ˈsiːlə, -lɑː/
exclamation
(in the Bible) occurring frequently at the end of a verse in Psalms and Habakkuk, probably as a musical direction.
Origin:
from Hebrew
selāh
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