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Word Nerd Wednesday: What Does “Selah” Really Mean?

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Aug 06, 2025
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If you’ve ever read the Psalms, you’ve seen it… tucked between verses, almost whispered: Selah. Most folks just breeze past it like a punctuation mark, but this tiny Hebrew word packs more weight than we realize.

Here’s the real tea: Selah isn’t just a “pause” or “musical break.” In Hebrew, it can mean “to lift up,” “to weigh in the balance,” or “to paus…

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