It also often appears at the end of Israelite theophoric names such as Isaiah "yeshayah(u), Yahweh is salvation" and Jeremiah "yirmeyah(u), Yahweh is exalted".įor most Christians, "Hallelujah" is considered a joyful word of praise to God, rather than an injunction to praise Him. The word "yah" appears by itself as a divine name about 49 times in the Hebrew Bible (including hallelu yah), such as in Psalm 68:4-5 "who rides upon the heavens by his name Yah" and Exodus 15:2 "Yah is my strength and song". It then says "hallelu eth-YHWH" as if using "yah" and "YHWH" interchangeably. In Psalm 148:1 the Hebrew says " הי וללה hallelu yah".
It appears in the Hebrew Bible as הי~וללה and הי וללה. In Psalm 150:6 the Hebrew reads kol han'shamah t'hallel yah the final word "yah" is translated as "the LORD", or "YHWH". The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of the name of God YHWH, sometimes rendered in English as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah". However, "hallelujah" means more than simply "praise YHWH", as the word hallel in Hebrew means a joyous praise, to boast in God, or to act madly or foolishly. The first part, hallelu, is the second person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb hallal. In the Hebrew Bible "hallelujah" is actually a two-word phrase, not one word. The best translation of hallelujah is "Praise Yah, you people", usually worded in English versions as "Praise ye the LORD" or "Praise the LORD".
The word "hallelujah" mentioned in Psalms is the Hebrew word for requesting a congregation to join in praise. 111-117, 145-150, where it starts and concludes a number of Psalms) and four times in Greek transliteration in the Christian Book of Revelation. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (mainly in the book of Psalms, e.g. It has been accepted into the English language, but its Latin form Alleluia is used by many English-speaking Christians in preference to Hallelujah. The word is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian praise. " It is found mainly in the book of Psalms and has a similar pronunciation in many, but not all, languages. Hallelujah, Halleluyah, or Alleluia, is a transliteration of the Hebrew word (Standard Hallluya, Tiberian Halllûyāh) meaning " praise Yah.
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