Hallelujah Meaning And Usage
Said to express surprise and pleasure.
Hallelujah meaning and usage. That being said let s delve deeper into the actual meaning of hallelujah. ה ל לו second person imperative masculine plural form of the hebrew verb hillel. Then exactly 10 years after the release of various positions a young jeff buckley covered this song from that moment onwards hallelujah s success grew more and more.
The word is not a compound like many of the hebrew words which are composed of the abbreviated form of yahweh and some other word but has become a compound word in the greek and other languages. Hal e loo ya halela yah praise ye yah. An emotional expression of praise and thanks to god 2.
Hallelujah ˌ h æ l ɪ ˈ l uː j ə hal i loo yə is an interjection it is a transliteration of the hebrew phrase ה ל לו י ה modern hebrew hallūyāh tiberian haləlūyāh which is composed of two elements. An exhortation to praise addressed to several people and. This is a song in which the singer employs the word hallelujah in different contexts but primarily in regards to romance.
Initially the album and consequently the song didn t get much attention. Leonard cohen s hallelujah lyrics meaning.