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[Opinions] Re: Selah for a boy?

by foxglove

3/6/2018, 4:47 PM

in reply to a message by Kaonashi

I love the name Selah and generally prefer it on a boy, though I'd consider it unisex.

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- Cece (guest) +1

3/7/2018, 1:56 PM

I doubt a TV show set in Colonial America was going for Arabic Saleh. But I see nothing gendered about "pause and reflect". Many male names end in the "a", especially Hebrew/biblical. Ezra, Micah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Uriah, Asa, Ira, etc. Selah on a boy is perfectly nice.

- foxglove

3/7/2018, 8:50 PM

I'm guessing this reply wasn't actually for me, but either way Selah Strong (the character op referenced), Anna Strong's husband, was very much a real person so I'd imagine they just named the character what his actual name was within history. I'd assume the real Selah's parents named him that as a biblical reference.

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