TBESH · H5542
סֶ֫לָה · se.lah · Selah
§ 1) to lift up, exalt 1a) Selah 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
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se.lah H5542
סֶ֫לָה (se.lah) means “Selah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
סֶ֫לָה Hebrew · H5542 74 tagged occurrences in 74 verses
Pronunciation guide: seh'-law Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H5541 (סָלָה); suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV glosses: Selah.
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How translators render H5542
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
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| selah | 74 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| selah | 74 |
Verses containing H5542
Page 1 of 2. 74 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Psalms 3:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.3
- Psalms 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.5
- Psalms 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.9
- Psalms 4:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.3
- Psalms 4:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.5
- Psalms 7:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.6
- Psalms 9:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.17
- Psalms 9:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.21
- Psalms 20:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 20.4
- Psalms 21:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
- Psalms 24:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 24:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts—He is the King of Glory. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 32:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 32:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 32:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 39:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.6
- Psalms 39:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.12
- Psalms 44:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.9
- Psalms 46:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 46.4
- Psalms 46:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 46.8
- Psalms 46:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 46.12
- Psalms 47:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 47.5
- Psalms 48:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.9
- Psalms 49:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.14
- Psalms 49:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.16
- Psalms 50:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 52:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 52.5
- Psalms 52:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 52.7
- Psalms 54:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 54.5
- Psalms 55:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.8
- Psalms 55:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.20
- Psalms 57:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 57.4
- Psalms 57:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 57.7
- Psalms 59:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.6
- Psalms 59:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.14
- Psalms 60:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 60.6
- Psalms 61:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 61.5
- Psalms 62:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.5
- Psalms 62:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.9
- Psalms 66:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 66:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 66:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 67:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 67.2
- Psalms 67:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 67.5
- Psalms 68:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.8
- Psalms 68:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.20
- Psalms 68:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.33
- Psalms 75:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.4
- Psalms 76:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 76.4
- Psalms 76:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 76.10