Selah

St-Takla.org Image: David the Psalmist (King David) with the word "Selah" from the Book of Psalms in Arabic, English and Hebrew - AI art, idea and calligraphy by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org, 23 June 2023. صورة في موقع الأنبا تكلا: داود المرنم (الملك داود المرتل) مع كلمة "سلاه" من سفر المزامير باللغات العربية والإنجليزية والعبرية - فن بالذكاء الاصطناعي، فكرة وخط عربي تصميم مايكل غالي لموقع الأنبا تكلاهيمانوت، 23 يونيو 2023 م.

This word, which is found only in the poetical books of the Old Testament, occurs seventy-one times in the Psalms and three times in Habakkuk. It is probably a term which had a meaning in the musical nomenclature of the Hebrews, though what that meaning may have been is now a matter of pure conjecture. (Gesenius and Ewald and others think it has much the same meaning as our interlude,--a pause in the voices singing, while the instruments perform alone.)