Selah

A pause; meaning uncertain

Also rendered as: Lift up; Musical interlude.

Selah appears in the Psalms as a notation rather than a personal name. Its precise meaning is genuinely uncertain; the common reading of 'pause and reflect' is a scholarly proposal, not a settled definition.

The meaning of this name is genuinely disputed among scholars. We present the readings that circulate rather than choosing one as certain.

A term in the Psalms, not the name of a biblical person.

• “Be still, and know that I am God... Selah.”

  Psalm 46:10-11