hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

• halleluia
• halleluiah
• halleluja
• alleluia

Etymology

From Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhælɪˈl(j)uːjə/

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: هَلِّلُويَا (hallilūyā) (Christian), هَلُولِيَا (halūliyā), ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰه (l-ḥamdu lillāh) (general)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܗܲܠܹܠܘܼܝܵܐ (halilūyā)

• Armenian: ալելուիա (hy) (aleluia)
• Belarusian: алілу́я (alilúja)
• Bulgarian: алелу̀я (alelùja), алилу̀я (bg) (alilùja)
• Catalan: al·leluia (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哈利路亞／哈利路亚, 哈利路亚 (haa¹ lei¹ lu¹ jaa⁴, haa¹ li¹ lu¹ jaa⁴)

  Hakka: 哈利路亞／哈利路亚, 哈利路亚 (hâ-li-lu-yá)

  Mandarin: 哈利路亞／哈利路亚 (zh) (hālìlùyà), 哈利路亚 (zh) (hālìlùyà), 阿利路亞／阿利路亚 (ālìlùyà), 阿利路亚 (ālìlùyà), 阿肋路亞／阿肋路亚, 阿肋路亚 (ālèlùyà) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: a-lī-lū-iâ, ha-lé-lú-iah

• Czech: aleluja, halejuja
• Danish: halleluja
• Esperanto: haleluja (eo)
• Estonian: halleluuja
• Finnish: halleluja (fi)
• French: alléluia (fr)
• Georgian: ალილუია (aliluia)
• German: halleluja (de)
• Greek: αλληλούια (el) (alliloúia)

  Ancient: ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa)

• Hebrew: הַלְּלוּיָהּ (he) (hallelúyah)
• Hindi: हलिलुय (haliluy)
• Hungarian: alleluja
• Icelandic: hallelúja
• Indonesian: haleluya (id)
• Interlingua: alleluia
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• Irish: aililiú
• Italian: alleluia (it)
• Japanese: ハレルヤ (hareruya)
• Korean: 할렐루야 (hallelluya)
• Latin: allelūia
• Lithuanian: aleliùja
• Macedonian: алелу̀ја (alelùja)
• Maori: hareruia
• Norwegian: halleluja
• Persian: هلویا (haleluyâ)
• Polish: alleluja (pl), hosanna (pl)
• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Romanian: aleluia (ro)
• Russian: аллилу́йя (ru) (allilújja), сла́ва бо́гу (ru) (sláva bógu), ура́ (ru) (urá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алелуја

  Roman: aleluja (sh)

• Slovak: aleluja (sk), halejuja
• Slovene: aleluja
• Spanish: aleluya (es) f
• Swedish: halleluja (sv)
• Tagalog: aleluya
• Thai: อัลเลลูยา (an-lee-luu-yaa), อาเลลูยา (aa-lee-luu-yaa), ฮาเลลูยา (haa-lee-luu-yaa)
• Ukrainian: алілу́я (alilúja), алилу́я (uk) (alylúja)
• Urdu: ہللی (haliluy)

general exclamation of gratitude

• Arabic: ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰه (l-ḥamdu lillāh)
• Catalan: al·leluia (ca)
• Danish: gudskelov
• Esperanto: haleluja (eo)
• Finnish: halleluja (fi)
• German: Gott sei Dank (de)
• Greek: αλληλούια (el) (alliloúia)

  Ancient Greek: ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa)

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• Malagasy: aleloia (mg)
• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Russian: сла́ва бо́гу (ru) (sláva bógu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алелуја

  Roman: aleluja (sh)

• Spanish: aleluya (es) f
• Turkish: Allah'a çok şükür

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} alléluia (fr)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הַלְּלוּיָהּ (he) (hallelúyah)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} alleluia
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• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} aleluja (sk)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} aleluya (es) f

Noun

hallelujah (plural hallelujahs)

1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".

   the hallelujah (chorus) in Handel's "Messiah"

   Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

3. (in the plural) General praise.

Quotations

• So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. - John Milton

Translations

shout of Hallelujah

• Finnish: halleluja (fi)
• German: Halleluja (de) n
• Hungarian: alleluja
• Icelandic: hallelúja n
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• Irish: aililiú m
• Russian: аллилу́йя (ru) f (allilújja)
• Spanish: aleluya (es) m

general praise

• Finnish: ylistys (fi)
• Hungarian: alleluja
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• Russian: аллилу́йя (ru) f (allilújja)
• Spanish: felicitación (es) f, congratulación (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} alléluia (fr)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} alleluia
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} aleluja (sk)

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"

• Hungarian: allelujázik
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• Indonesian: berhaleluya