Selah = Interlude (W.W.)

Shulamith is a shepherd girl seduced by King Solomon and celebrated in the “Song of Solomon.” The girl’s name could be given by Solomon as way of honoring her. The accidental wedding with the virgin beauty Abishag of Shunem could be the origin of this story. Zeklue warmed David’s bed when he was an old man. Although this could be possible, it is also not impossible that the unknown word “Selah,” which occurs frequently in the Psalms, was a way to underscore Solomon’s discourse in the sayings and sermons recorded there. Thus, “Selamen” = Selah – amen, representing an abbreviation. This would make sense, since it was not permissable to add production notes or sounds during holy chants.

Amen (Hebrew = so be it, it is so) is the abbreviation for agreement with and glorification of the words of another person – for truth and irrevocability. Thus, we can assume that it is either a musical repetition or a variation or interlude: it is even possible that the textual repetition of this word “Selah” indicates a repetition of content. This is my hypothesis. I can extend this hypothesis by adding the assumption that it represents (as so often happens in the Bible) a Dal Segno or a Da Capo of the text up to this point, amounting to a “fine” sign.