hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

• halleluia
• halleluiah
• halleluja
• alleluia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhælɪˈl(j)uːjə/

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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: алелу́я (alelúja), алилу́я (bg) (alilúja)
• Catalan: al·leluia (ca)
• Chinese:

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

  Hakka: 哈利路亞, 哈利路亚 (hâ-li-lu-yá)

  Mandarin: 哈利路亞 (zh), 哈利路亚 (zh) (hālìlùyà), 阿利路亞, 阿利路亚 (ālìlùyà), 阿肋路亞, 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 (et)
• 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

• Irish: aililiú
• Italian: alleluia (it)
• Japanese: ハレルヤ (hareruya)
• Korean: 할렐루야 (hallelluya)
• Latin: allelūia
• Lithuanian: aleliùja
• Macedonian: алелу̀ја (alelùja)
• Malayalam: ഹല്ലേലൂയ (hallēlūya)
• Maori: hareruia
• Norwegian: halleluja
• Persian: هلویا‎ (haleluyâ)
• Polish: alleluja (pl), hosanna (pl)
• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Romanian: aliluia (ro) (used by the Orthodox Church), aleluia (ro) (used by Catholics and Protestants)
• 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)

• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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

• 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

• Irish: aililiú m
• Plautdietsch: Haleluja m
• Russian: аллилу́йя (ru) f (allilújja)
• Spanish: aleluya (es) m

general praise

• Finnish: ylistys (fi)
• Hungarian: alleluja

• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} alléluia (fr)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} alleluia

• 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

• Indonesian: berhaleluya