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hallelujah en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /-ɪ-/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

Meanings

  1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
    • AND after theſe things I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, ſaying, Alleluia: ſaluation, and glorie, and honour, and power vnto the Lord our God: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 19:1, column 2:
  2. (broadly) A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
    • Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!
    • Hallelujah, it's nice to know you / It's so peculiar how you've come and changed my mind 2020, “Love is Back”, performed by Celeste:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
halleluja alternative lexicographic
halleluiah alternative lexicographic
alleluia alternative lexicographic
halleluia alternative lexicographic
aleluia alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

hallelujah lass

Translations (117)

it grazie a Dio (general exclamation of gratitude) · es aleluya (exclamation to praise God) · fa هلهلویا (exclamation to praise God) · it alleluia (general exclamation of gratitude) · bo གཙོ་བོ་དཀོན་མཆོག་ཁོང་ལ་བསྟོད་བསྔོགས་ཤིག (exclamation to praise God) · tl aleluya (exclamation to praise God) · el αλληλούια (general exclamation of gratitude) · sk aleluja (exclamation to praise God) · uk алилу́я (exclamation to praise God) · de halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · eo haleluja (general exclamation of gratitude) · km ហាលេលូយ៉ា (exclamation to praise God) · pt aleluia (exclamation to praise God) · ar هَلُولِيَا (exclamation to praise God) · sk halejuja (exclamation to praise God) · vi hallelujah (exclamation to praise God) · nl alleluja (exclamation to praise God) · ml ഹല്ലേലൂയ (exclamation to praise God) · ga aililiú (exclamation to praise God) · uk алілу́я (exclamation to praise God) · xag 𐔰𐔾𐔶𐔾𐕒𐕡𐔺𐔰 (exclamation to praise God) · sh aleluja (exclamation to praise God) · ru сла́ва бо́гу (general exclamation of gratitude) · fi halleluja (general exclamation of gratitude) · be алілу́я (exclamation to praise God) · fr alléluia (exclamation to praise God) · ln aleluya (exclamation to praise God) · la allēlūia (exclamation to praise God) · lis ꓧ-ꓡꓲ-ꓡꓴ-ꓬ (exclamation to praise God) · ka ალილუია (exclamation to praise God) · ms hallelujah (exclamation to praise God) · yue 哈利路亞 /哈利路亚 (exclamation to praise God) · tao haliloya (exclamation to praise God) · sl aleluja (exclamation to praise God) · sc halleluyah (exclamation to praise God) · yo alelúyà (exclamation to praise God) · ta அல்லேலூயா (exclamation to praise God) · th ฮาเลลูยา (exclamation to praise God) · el αλληλούια (exclamation to praise God) · ro aleluia (exclamation to praise God) · ur ہللی (exclamation to praise God) · cs aleluja (exclamation to praise God) · ms alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · tr haleluya (exclamation to praise God) · tr Tanrı yarasın (general exclamation of gratitude) · sv halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · da gudskelov (general exclamation of gratitude) · pl hosanna (exclamation to praise God) · ar الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (general exclamation of gratitude) · ro aliluia (exclamation to praise God) · sw alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · am ሃሌሉያ (exclamation to praise God) · hi हालेलुया (exclamation to praise God) · cmn 哈利路亞 /哈利路亚 (exclamation to praise God) · no halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · nn halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · cmn 阿利路亞 /阿利路亚 (exclamation to praise God) · nl hallelujah (exclamation to praise God) · ko 할렐루야 (exclamation to praise God) · bg алелу́я (exclamation to praise God) · hak 哈利路亞 /哈利路亚 (exclamation to praise God) · da halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · cs halejuja (exclamation to praise God) · fi halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · nl halleluja (exclamation to praise God) · tr elhamdülillah (exclamation to praise God) · sh алелуја (general exclamation of gratitude) · ia alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · cu аллилоуіа (exclamation to praise God) · cmn 阿肋路亞 /阿肋路亚 (exclamation to praise God) · yo halelúyà (exclamation to praise God) · eo haleluja (exclamation to praise God) · de Gott sei Dank (general exclamation of gratitude) · ja ハレルヤ (exclamation to praise God) · hy ալելուիա (exclamation to praise God) · id haleluya (exclamation to praise God) · es aleluya (general exclamation of gratitude) · it alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · te హల్లెలూయా (exclamation to praise God) · mg aleloia (general exclamation of gratitude) · ca al·leluia (general exclamation of gratitude) · ru аллилу́йя (exclamation to praise God) · syc ܗܲܠܹܠܘܼܝܵܐ (exclamation to praise God) · nan-hbl ha-lé-lú-iah (exclamation to praise God) · ru ура́ (exclamation to praise God) · pt aleluia (general exclamation of gratitude) · hu alleluja (exclamation to praise God) · ru сла́ва бо́гу (exclamation to praise God) · lmo alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · ca al·leluia (exclamation to praise God) · grc ἀλληλούϊα (exclamation to praise God) · grc ἀλληλούϊα (general exclamation of gratitude) · sc allelujah (exclamation to praise God) · lt aleliùja (exclamation to praise God) · sh aleluja (general exclamation of gratitude) · mi hareruia (exclamation to praise God) · sc alleluia (exclamation to praise God) · tr Allah'a çok şükür (general exclamation of gratitude) · sw alleluia (general exclamation of gratitude) · ar هَلِّلُويَا (exclamation to praise God) · th อาเลลูยา (exclamation to praise God) · et halleluuja (exclamation to praise God) · uk сла́ва бо́гу (general exclamation of gratitude) · kn ಹಲ್ಲೆಲೂಯಾ (exclamation to praise God) · ar الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (exclamation to praise God) · ms halleluyah (exclamation to praise God) · tr aleluya (exclamation to praise God) · sh алелуја (exclamation to praise God) · th อัลเลลูยา (exclamation to praise God) · tr alleluya (exclamation to praise God) · bg алилу́я (exclamation to praise God) · pl alleluja (exclamation to praise God) · be сла́ва бо́гу (general exclamation of gratitude) · he הַלְּלוּיָהּ (exclamation to praise God) · nia haleluya (exclamation to praise God) · mk алелу̀ја (exclamation to praise God) · is hallelúja (exclamation to praise God)

hallelujah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /-ɪ-/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

Meanings

  1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
    • So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 633–634:
  2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
  3. (in-plural) General praise.
    • Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs? 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part II (Life as a Freeman), page 441:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
halleluiah alternative lexicographic
alleluia alternative lexicographic
hallelujahs Number=Plur lexicographic
aleluia alternative lexicographic
halleluja alternative lexicographic
halleluia alternative lexicographic

Translations (16)

fi halleluja (shout of Hallelujah) · es felicitación (general praise) · es aleluya (shout of Hallelujah) · fi ylistys (general praise) · de Halleluja (shout of Hallelujah) · ru аллилу́йя (shout of Hallelujah) · pdt Haleluja (shout of Hallelujah) · ru аллилу́йя (general praise) · pt aleluia (shout of Hallelujah) · pl alleluja (song) · es congratulación (general praise) · hu alleluja (general praise) · is hallelúja (shout of Hallelujah) · yo alelúyà (shout of Hallelujah) · hu alleluja (shout of Hallelujah) · ga aililiú (shout of Hallelujah)

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hallelujah en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /-ɪ-/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.
    • My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […] 1971, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in Pic:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aleluia alternative lexicographic
hallelujahs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
halleluia alternative lexicographic
alleluia alternative lexicographic
halleluja alternative lexicographic
hallelujahing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
halleluiah alternative lexicographic
hallelujahed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hallelujahed Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (3)

yo ké alelúyà (to cry "Hallelujah") · hu allelujázik (to cry "Hallelujah") · id berhaleluya (to cry "Hallelujah")