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 Seiks (pron. Seeks).Sela’ma or Sele’meh. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Selah,
 
in the Psalms. Mattheson, the musical critic, says the word is equivalent to da capo, and is a direction to the choir to repeat the psalm down to the part thus indicated.   1
 


 Seiks (pron. Seeks).Sela’ma or Sele’meh. 

 
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