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Higgaion

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(meditation). Musical pause for meditation (Psa. 9:16; 19:14, 92:3¹⁶The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psalm 9:16) marg.).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A Hebrew word that occurs four times, but in the AV is only once untranslated. This is in Psalm 9:16¹⁶The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psalm 9:16), where the margin reads “that is, meditation.” It is thought by some to refer to a musical sign or instrument. Literally it means “the sound of a harp when struck.” In Psalm 19:14¹⁴Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14) the word is translated “meditation”; in Psalm 92:3³Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. (Psalm 92:3), “solemn sound”; and in Lamentations 3:62⁶²The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. (Lamentations 3:62), “device.”

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

meditation