![]() Göttingen, 1892) notes that selah also occurs at the end of some psalms. Against this explanation Baethgen ("Psalmen," p. Aquila, Jerome, and the Targum translate it as "always." According to Hippolytus (De Lagarde, "Novæ Psalterii Græci Editionis Specimen" 10), the Greek term διάψαλμα signified a change in rhythm or melody at the places marked by the term, or a change in thought and theme. The Septuagint, Symmachus, and Theodotion translate διάψαλμα (diapsalma, or "apart from psalm") - a word as enigmatic in Greek as is selah in Hebrew. This can be seen by the variety of renderings given to it. The significance of this term was apparently not known even by ancient Biblical commentators. It is found at the end of Psalms 3, 24, and 46, and in most other cases at the end of a verse, the exceptions being Psalms 55:19, 57:3, and Hab. This word occurs seventy-one times in thirty-nine of the Psalms and three times in Habakkuk 3: altogether 74 times in the Bible. Its etymology and precise meaning are unknown. Another interpretation claims that selah comes from the primary Hebrew root word salah (סָלָה) which means "to hang," and by implication to measure (weigh). Alternatively, selah may mean "forever," as it does in some places in the liturgy (notably the second to last blessing of the Amidah). Selah may indicate a break in the song whose purpose is similar to that of Amen (Hebrew: "so be it") in that it stresses the truth and importance of the preceding passage this interpretation is consistent with the meaning of the Semitic root ṣ-l-ḥ also reflected in Arabic cognate salih (variously "valid" the logical sense of "truth-preserving", "honest," and "righteous"). Thirty-one of the thirty-nine psalms with the caption "To the choir-master" include the word selah. At least some of the Psalms were sung accompanied by musical instruments and there are references to this in many chapters. The Amplified Bible translates selah as "pause, and think of that." It can also be interpreted as a form of underlining in preparation for the next paragraph. (It should not be confused with the Hebrew word sela` (Hebrew: סֶלַע) which means "rock", or in an adjectival form, "like a rock", i.e.: firm, hard, heavy) It is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like "stop and listen." Selah can also be used to indicate that there is to be a musical interlude at that point in the Psalm. The meaning of the word is not known, though various interpretations are given below. Selah ( or with pronounced audible H Hebrew: סֶלָה, also transliterated as selāh) is a word used seventy-four times in the Hebrew Bible-seventy-one times in the Psalms and three times in Habakkuk. A year later, they returned with the Unbreakable, which featured production from Jason Kyle Saetveit, Scott Cash, and Charlie Peacock. ![]() ![]() In 2016 the group issued a new EP, O the Blood, as well as a second volume of Greatest Hymns. Their ninth album for Curb, the critically acclaimed You Amaze Us, was released in 2014. (The baton was passed back and forth in 2006, when both Crittenden and Perry appeared on separate tracks of a Selah duets album, Bless the Broken Road, which also won the Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year.) The trio of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry solidified their presence on the CCM landscape with 2009's You Deliver Me and 2011's Hope of the Broken World. Nicol, married and having pursued a concurrent solo career since 2000, left the group soon after she was replaced first by Melodie Crittenden, then permanently by Amy Perry. They repeated the feat with 2001's Press On, and released the Christmas album Rose of Bethlehem in 2002. Signed to Curb Records, Selah found success with their debut, Be Still My Soul, which earned critical praise as well as a Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year. SELAH BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD THE DUETS ALBUM PLUSFormed by siblings Todd and Nicol Smith plus Allan Hall, the group's musical style was specialized thanks to the Smiths' childhood as missionary children in Africa. Two-thirds of the CCM vocal trio Selah grew up in Africa, and that influence made itself felt immediately on the group's distinctive 1999 debut album, Be Still My Soul. ![]()
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