# H5542 סֶלָה

סֶלָה (çelâh), Strong’s H5542: suspension (of music), i.e. pause KJV: Selah.. Occurs 74 times.

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*çelâh* — suspension (of music), i.e. pause

KJV: Selah.

Derived from [סָלָה çâlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H5541) (to hang up, i.e. weigh)

Occurs 74 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סֶ֫לָה vb. lift up, or exalt;—this interpr. agrees with usage: 71 t. in 39 ψψ, 3 t. Hb 3

## Where it occurs
- [Habakkuk 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=3) — God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the…
- [Habakkuk 3:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=9) — You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
- [Habakkuk 3:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=13) — You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of…
- [Psalms 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/3?v=3) — Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
- [Psalms 3:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/3?v=5) — I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- [Psalms 3:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/3?v=9) — Salvation belongs to the LORD. May your blessing be on your people. Selah.
- [Psalms 4:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/4?v=3) — You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah.
- [Psalms 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/4?v=5) — Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
- [Psalms 7:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/7?v=6) — let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the…
- [Psalms 9:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/9?v=17) — The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands…