hallelujah
/ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
intj
A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
noun
A shout of “Hallelujah”.
noun
A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
Example Sentences
- "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:"
- "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"
- "So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept."
- "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?"
- "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, […]"
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”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/
- British English: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/