hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

• halleluiah
• alleluia

Etymology

From Hebrew הללויה (“Praise Yah!”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌhælɪˈluːjə/; SAMPA: /%h{l.I"lu:.j@/

Interjection

hallelujah

1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
2. A general expression of gratitude or adoration.

   Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!

Translations

exclamation to praise God

Arabic: الحمد لله (ar) (al-ḥamdu lillaah) Chinese: Mandarin: 哈利路亚  (zh) (hālìlùyà) Danish: halleluja (da) c. Esperanto: haleluja (eo) Estonian: halleluuja (et) Finnish: halleluja (fi) French: alléluia (fr) Georgian: ალილუია (ka) German: halleluja (de) Greek: αλληλούια (el) (alliloúia) Hebrew: הללויה (hallelúyah)

Icelandic: hallelúja (is) Indonesian: haleluya (id) Interlingua: alleluia Japanese: ハレルヤ (ja) (hareruya) Polish: alleluja (pl) Portuguese: aleluia Russian: аллилуйя (ru) Serbo-Croatian: aleluja (sh) Slovak: aleluja Spanish: aleluya (es) f.

general exclamation of gratitude

Finnish: halleluja (fi) German: Gott sei Dank (de) Malagasy: aleloia (mg)

Serbo-Croatian: aleluja (sh) Spanish: aleluya (es) f.

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French: alléluia (fr) Hebrew: הללויה (hallelúyah) Icelandic hallelúja Interlingua: alleluia

Portuguese: aleluia Slovak: aleluja Spanish: aleluya (es) f.

Noun

hallelujah (plural hallelujahs)

1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
2. (plural) General praise.

Quotations

• So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. - John Milton
• But I reserve my hallelujahs for the St. Louis pork ribs (half slab, $13/ full slab, $18.95) and the baby back ribs ($15.99, half/ $22.95, full), which were just as Smoky said they should be--tenderly succulent, with meat that pulls from the bone with minimal effort, but hasn't lost its texture from overcooking. — Lorraine Gengo in Rib Religion, Fairfield County Weekly, April 7, 2005

Translations

shout of Hallelujah

Finnish: halleluja (fi) German: Halleluja (de) n.

Icelandic: hallelúja (is) n. Spanish: aleluya (es) m.

general praise

Finnish: ylistys (fi)

Spanish: felicitación (es) f., congratulación (es) f.

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French: alléluia Interlingua: alleluia

Slovak: aleluja

Verb

hallelujah (third-person singular simple present hallelujahs, present participle hallelujahing, simple past and past participle hallelujahed)

1. (intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

Translations

to cry "Hallelujah"

Indonesian: berhaleluya