hallelujah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ‎ (“Praise Yah”).

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

hallelujah

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!

Translations

exclamation to praise God

Arabic: هَلِّلُويَا‎ (hallilūyā) (Christian); اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه‎ (al-ḥamdu lillāh) (general)
Armenian: ալելուիա (hy) (aleluia)
Belarusian: алілу́я (alilúja)
Bulgarian: алелу̀я (alelùja), алилу̀я (bg) (alilùja)
Catalan: al·leluia
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
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)
Maori: hareruia
Norwegian: halleluja
Persian: هله‌لویا‎ (hale-luyâ)
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: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه‎ (al-ḥamdu lillāh)
Catalan: al·leluia
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.

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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)

A shout of “Hallelujah”.
A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
the hallelujah (chorus) in Handel's "Messiah"
(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
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)

(intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

Translations

to cry "Hallelujah"

Hungarian: allelujázik

Indonesian: berhaleluya

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