# selah (סֶלָה)

pronounced: SEH-lah


**A pause in the Psalms — probably a direction for singers or musicians; it appears 74 times, and no one knows its exact meaning**

## In Scripture

> Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
> — Psalm 3:2 (The first selah of the Psalter falls after the enemies’ taunt.)

> Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
> — Psalm 46:7 (The pause follows the refrain “Yahweh of Armies is with us.”)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/selah/