What does HALLELUJAH mean?
Definitions for HALLELUJAH
ˌhæl əˈlu yəhal·lelu·jah
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Princeton's WordNet
hallelujahnoun
a shout or song of praise to God
Wiktionary
hallelujahnoun
A shout of Hallelujah.
hallelujahnoun
General praise.
hallelujahverb
To cry "hallelujah" in praise.
hallelujahinterjection
An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
hallelujahinterjection
A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
Hallelujah! It's finally the weekend!
Etymology: From הללויה.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hallelujahnoun
Praise ye the Lord. A song of thanksgiving.
Etymology: הללויח.
Then shall thy saints
Unfained hallelujahs to Thee sing,
Hymns of high praise. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.Singing those devout hymns and heavenly anthems, in which the church militant seems ambitious to emulate the triumphant, and echo back the solemn praises and hallelujahs of the celestial choirs. Boyle.
Wikipedia
Hallelujah
Hallelujah ( HAL-i-LOO-yə; Hebrew: הַלְּלוּ-יָהּ haləlū-Yāh, meaning "praise Yah") is an interjection used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four times in the Christian Book of Revelation.The phrase is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian prayer, where since the earliest times it is used in various ways in liturgies, especially those of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church, the three of which use the Latin form "alleluia" which is based on the alternative Greek transliteration.
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah is an exclamation or expression of joy, praise, or thanksgiving, commonly associated with religious contexts. It is often used as a response to celebrating or acknowledging something divine or praiseworthy. The word "Hallelujah" originates from the Hebrew language and can be found in various religious texts and hymns.
Webster Dictionary
Hallelujah
praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration
Etymology: [Heb. See Alleluia.]
Wikidata
Hallelujah
Hallelujah is a transliteration of the Hebrew word הַלְּלוּיָהּ, which is composed of two elements: הַלְּלוּ and יָהּ. Most well-known English versions of the Hebrew Bible translate the Hebrew "Hallelujah" as two Hebrew words, generally rendered as "Praise" + "the LORD", but the second word is given as "Yah" in the Lexham English Bible and Young's Literal Translation, "Jehovah" in the American Standard Version, and "Hashem" in the Orthodox Jewish Bible. Instead of a translation, the transliteration "Hallelujah" is used by JPS Tanakh, International Standard Version, Darby Translation, God's Word Translation, Holman Christian Standard Bible, and The Message, with the spelling "Halleluyah" appearing in the Complete Jewish Bible. The Greek-influenced form "Alleluia" appears in Wycliffe's Bible, the Knox Version and the New Jerusalem Bible. In the great song of praise to God for his triumph over the Whore of Babylon in chapter 19 of the New Testament Book of Revelation, the Greek word ἀλληλούϊα, a transliteration of the same Hebrew word, appears four times, as an expression of praise rather than an exhortation to praise. In English translations this is mostly rendered as "Hallelujah", but as "Alleluia" in several translations, while a few have "Praise the Lord", "Praise God", "Praise our God", or "Thanks to our God".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hallelujah
Halleluiah, hal-e-lōō′ya, n. the exclamation 'Praise (ye) the Lord' (Jah or Jehovah), which occurs in many songs and anthems: a song of praise to God, a musical composition based on the word, as the Hallelujah (chorus) in Handel's Messiah.—n. Hallel (hal-el′, hal′el), the hymn of praise chanted during the Passover supper, consisting of Psalms cxiii.-cxviii. inclusive. [Heb., 'Praise ye Jehovah,' halelu, praise ye, and Jāh, Jehovah.]
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Etymology and Origins
Hallelujah
From the Hebrew halelu, “praise ye,” and Iah, “Jehovah.”
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HALLELUJAH in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HALLELUJAH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of HALLELUJAH in a Sentence
When they are tasing him, when they are throwing pepper spray, Jamal begins to praise God. Hallelujah, that's who Jamal was.
It takes three Jehovah's Witnesses at the dinner table with red wine to make a proper toast. The first says, Hallelujah over Heaven! the second says, And with more coming! and the third says, Amen!.
I don't expect people to say, 'Oh hallelujah, these are great people, this is going to be a great success' - there's no reason anyone should believe that this is going to be a great success until it really starts hearing difficult cases in the months and indeed years to come.
Hallelujah ! Thank you, God. Thank you, God, we cried, we cried, we cried, we cried for( 35) years, but now, we're here. We're here now.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:
It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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- هللويا, الحمد للهArabic
- алілу́яBelarusian
- алилу̀я, алелу̀яBulgarian
- halejuja, alelujaCzech
- hallelujaDanish
- Gott sei Dank, HallelujaGerman
- αλληλούιαGreek
- halelujaEsperanto
- aleluya, congratulación, felicitaciónSpanish
- halleluujaEstonian
- هلهلویا, تسبیحPersian
- halleluja, ylistysFinnish
- alléluiaFrench
- הַלְּלוּיָהּHebrew
- हलिलुयHindi
- alleluiaInterlingua
- berhaleluya, haleluyaIndonesian
- hallelújaIcelandic
- alleluiaItalian
- הַלְלוּיָהHebrew
- ハレルヤJapanese
- ალილუიაGeorgian
- 할렐루야Korean
- allelujaLatin
- aleloiaMalagasy
- алелу̀јаMacedonian
- hallelujahDutch
- hallelujaNorwegian
- alleluja, hosannaPolish
- aleluiaPortuguese
- aleluiaRomanian
- аллилу́йя, сла́ва бо́гуRussian
- алелуја, alelujaSerbo-Croatian
- aleluja, halejujaSlovak
- alelujaSlovene
- hallelujaSwedish
- பாவம் செய்தவனுக்குTamil
- ฮาเลลูยาThai
- алілу́я, алилу́яUkrainian
- بھگوانUrdu
- hallelujahVietnamese
- האַללעלויהYiddish
- 哈利路亞Chinese
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