(Ä­nâ²stÄ­ngktâ²) n. 1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse.
Dayla /day-la/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Dayla is valley.
For other uses, see Selah (disambiguation). Selah (/ËsiËlÉ/ or /ËsiËlÉh/ with pronounced audible H; Hebrew: ×¡Ö¶×Ö¸×ââ, also transliterated as selÄh) is a word used seventy-four times in the Hebrew Bibleâseventy-one times in the Psalms and three times in Habakkuk. The meaning of the word is not known, though various interpretations are given below.