הללויה

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• הַלְּלוּ יָהּ
• הַלְּלוּקָהּ

Etymology

Root
ה־ל־ל (h-l-l)

From הַלְּלוּ (hal'lú, “praise”) +‎ יָהּ (yah, “God”).

Pronunciation

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Phrase

הַלְּלוּיָהּ • (hal'luyáh)

1. praise God

Usage notes

• Observant Jews, outside of prayer, may prefer to write and say הַלְּלוּקָהּ (hal'lúkah), so as not to abuse the name of God.

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), ἁλληλουϊά (hallēlouïá)
  • Greek: αλληλούια (alliloúia)
  • → Latin: allēlūia
    • French: alléluia
    • Italian: alleluia
    • Spanish: aleluya
      • → Cebuano: aleluya
      • → Tagalog: aleluya
    • → English: alleluia
    • → Irish: aililiú
    • → Polish: alleluja
• → Dutch: halleluja
• → English: hallelujah
• → German: Halleluja, halleluja
• → Indonesian: haleluya (via Dutch)
• → Finnish: halleluja
• → Norwegian Bokmål: halleluja
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: halleluja
• → Swedish: halleluja