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Vinony

hallelujah

noun

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interjection

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/ / /-ɪ-/

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

  1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

    “AND after theſe things I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, ſaying, Alleluia: ſaluation, and glorie, and honour, and power vnto the Lord our God:”

  2. A general expression of gratitude or adoration.

    “Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!”

    “Hallelujah, it's nice to know you / It's so peculiar how you've come and changed my mind”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

  1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.

    “So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept.”

  2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
  3. General praise.

    “Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs?”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”).

  1. To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

    “My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […]”