hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

• halleluiah
• alleluia

Etymology

From Hebrew הללויה (“Praise Jah!”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌhælɪˈluːjə/; X-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 lillāh), هللويا (ar) (halilūyā)
• Belarusian: алілуя (be) (alilúja)
• Bulgarian: алелуя (bg) (alelúja), алилуя (bg) (alilúja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈利路亞 (cmn), 哈利路亚 (cmn) (hālìlùyà), 阿利路亞 (cmn), 阿利路亚 (cmn) (ālìlùyà)

• Czech: aleluja (cs), halejuja (cs)
• Danish: halleluja (da) c
• Esperanto: haleluja (eo)
• Estonian: halleluuja (et)
• Finnish: halleluja (fi)
• French: alléluia (fr)
• Georgian: ალილუია (ka) (aliluia)
• German: halleluja (de)
• Greek: αλληλούια (el) (alliloúia)
• Hebrew: הללויה (he) (hallelúyah)
• Icelandic: hallelúja (is)
• Indonesian: haleluya (id)

• Interlingua: alleluia (ia)
• Italian: alleluia (it)
• Japanese: ハレルヤ (ja) (hareruya)
• Korean: 할렐루야 (ko) (hallelluya)
• Macedonian: алелуја (mk) (alelúja)
• Norwegian: halleluja (no)
• Persian: هله‌لویا (fa) (hale-luyâ)
• Polish: alleluja (pl)
• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Romanian: aleluia (ro)
• Russian: аллилуйя (ru) (allilújja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алелуја (sh)

  Roman: aleluja (sh)

• Slovak: aleluja (sk), halejuja (sk)
• Slovene: aleluja (sl)
• Spanish: aleluya (es) f
• Swedish: halleluja (sv)
• Ukrainian: алілуя (uk) (alilúja), алилуя (uk) (alylúja)

general exclamation of gratitude

• Arabic: الحمد لله (ar) (al-ḥamdu lillāh)
• Esperanto: haleluja (eo)
• Finnish: halleluja (fi)
• German: Gott sei Dank (de)
• Greek: αλληλούια (el) (allilúia)
• Malagasy: aleloia (mg)

• Russian: слава богу (ru) (sláva bógu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алелуја (sh)

  Roman: aleluja (sh)

• Spanish: aleluya (es) f

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

• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Slovak: aleluja (sk)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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