Bible Question: I believe that every word and letter in the Bible is inspired by God. That question is: What would be the meaning of musical terms like Selah, Maschil, etc.? Is there something pertinent for us today in these words or (not to be flippant) is God picky about how the Psalms were sung and maybe should be sung today? |
Bible Answer: Psalm 3:2 Selah. "Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude" (New American Standard Bible, Translators' Note). "Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!" (Amplified Bible, Psalm 3:2b) Psalm 3:2 (NET Bible Translators' Note) "The function of the Hebrew term hls, transliterated here "Selah," is uncertain. It may be a musical direction of some kind." (http://www.bible.org/cgi-bin/netbible.pl) |