{"id":53696,"date":"2025-07-01T13:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53696"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:41:34","slug":"bible-study-selah-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/bible-study-selah-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa significa Selah nella Bibbia? Pausa, elevare o per sempre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Nobody knows for certain what selah means. The word comes 74 times in Scripture, in 39 psalms and in Habakkuk&#039;s prayer, and it puzzled even its first translators. It may mark a pause in the music, a moment to lift up the voice, or a word meaning &quot;forever&quot;. What we can do is watch where it falls, and again and again it falls where a prayer turns. We meet it first in Psalm 3, a song David made &quot;when he\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one knows for certain. Selah stands 74 times, and 28 of the 55 psalms headed &quot;To the chief Musician&quot; carry it: a word for sung worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-53696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18583,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/bible-god-hears-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":53696,"position":0},"title":"Can God Hear Your Thoughts? Yes, the Bible Says He Knows Them","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. 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