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Is selah a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word selah is a Scrabble US word. The word selah is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is selah a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word selah is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1E1L1A1H4

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Yes. The word selah is a Words With Friends word. The word selah is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (7 found)

HALES,HALSE,HEALS,LEASH,SELAH,SHALE,SHEAL,

4-letter words (12 found)

ALES,HAES,HALE,HEAL,LAHS,LASE,LASH,LEAS,SALE,SEAL,SHEA,SLAE,

3-letter words (20 found)

AHS,ALE,ALS,ASH,EAS,EHS,ELS,HAE,HAS,HES,LAH,LAS,LEA,LES,SAE,SAL,SEA,SEL,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AL,AS,EA,EH,EL,ES,HA,HE,LA,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from selah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of selah

selah eslah sleah lseah elsah lesah sealh esalh saelh aselh easlh aeslh slaeh lsaeh saleh asleh laseh alseh elash leash ealsh aelsh laesh alesh selha eslha sleha lseha elsha lesha sehla eshla shela hsela ehsla hesla slhea lshea shlea hslea lhsea hlsea elhsa lehsa ehlsa helsa lhesa hlesa seahl esahl saehl asehl eashl aeshl sehal eshal sheal hseal ehsal hesal sahel ashel shael hsael ahsel hasel eahsl aehsl ehasl heasl ahesl haesl slahe lsahe salhe aslhe lashe alshe slhae lshae shlae hslae lhsae hlsae sahle ashle shale hsale ahsle hasle lahse alhse lhase hlase ahlse halse elahs leahs ealhs aelhs laehs alehs elhas lehas ehlas helas lheas hleas eahls aehls ehals heals ahels haels lahes alhes lhaes hlaes ahles hales

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Definitions and meaning of selah

selah

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (sélā), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːlə/
  • Hyphenation: se‧lah

Interjection

selah

  1. (biblical) A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a pause, either for contemplation or for the singer to clear his or her throat.
    • 1863 December 4, “Art. III. – The Meaning and Use of סֶלָה (Selah.)”, Robert J[efferson] Breckinridge [et al.], editors, The Danville Quarterly Review, volume IV, number II, Danville, Ky.; Cincinnati, Oh.: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 25 West Fourth Street, published June 1864, OCLC 4609985, page 240:
      […] Ps[alm] xlvi has three Selahs (vs. 3, 7, 11,) and likewise a repetition in vs. 7, 11, which, as we have already fully illustrated, Selah greatly intensifies. In Ps. xlix there are two Selahs (vs. 13, 15,) indicating the refrain, "Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:" and, also, a repetition, (with some variation,) of the following words, "Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish." Vs. 12, 20.

Noun

selah (plural selahs)

  1. (Christianity) A pause or rest of a contemplative nature.

Alternative forms

  • Selah

Further reading

  • selah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, hales, halse, heals, leash, shale, sheal

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *selh.

Pronunciation

Noun

selah m

  1. seal

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: sëleh
    • German: Seel (obsolete)
      • ⇒ German: Seelhund ⇒ Seehund

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Source: wiktionary.org