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# hallelujah

interjection

«hallelujah» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It opens or closes many psalms and calls everyone to praise the LORD.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the word joins "praise" with a short name of God. The Hallel psalms are sung at festivals, and the word is part of Jewish prayer.

### Meaning

A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#m1)

### Examples

- Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. (Writings PSA.147.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#x1)
- Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah. (Writings PSA.106.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hallelujah» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hallelujah» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hallelujah.html) on Mova free.