הללויה

Hebrew

Alternative forms

הַלְּלוּ יָהּ
הַלְּלוּקָהּ

Etymology

From הַלְּלוּ (hal'lú, “praise”) +‎ יָהּ (yah, “the Lord”, “Jah”).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hallaˌluːˈjaːh/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hallaˌluːˈjɔːɔh/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /haleluˈja(h)/, /haleˈluja(h)/
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Phrase

הַלְּלוּיָהּ • (hal'luyáh)

praise the Lord

Usage notes

Observant Jews, outside of prayer, may prefer to write and say הַלְּלוּקָהּ (hal'lúkah), so as not to abuse the name of God.

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), ἁλληλουϊά (hallēlouïá)
- Greek: αλληλούια (alliloúia)
- → Latin: allēlūia
  - French: alléluia
  - Italian: alleluia
  - Spanish: aleluya
    - → Cebuano: aleluya
    - → Tagalog: aleluya
  - → English: alleluia
  - → Irish: aililiú
  - → Polish: alleluja
→ Dutch: halleluja, alleluja, hallelujah
- → Indonesian: haleluya
→ English: hallelujah
→ German: Halleluja, halleluja
→ Finnish: halleluja
→ Norwegian Bokmål: halleluja
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: halleluja
→ Swedish: halleluja