Abigail16
De BISAWiki
Hallelujah! The strength of the term
haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of a song I wrote as it was " music of largely just Hallelujahs". Today Let me spend some time with this issue and consider the word "Hallelujah" in a few depth.
Its etymology originates from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Oddly enough, this is a word that circumnavigates the planet and spans most languages. When translated, the term "Hallelujah" (or sometimes "Alleluia") remains the same: In Spanish it's "Aleluya", in Finnish and German it's "Haleluja", in French it's "Alleluia", in Estonian it's "Haleluuja", in Icelandic it's Halleluja, in Slovak it's "Aleluia" as well as on as well as on like this. Therefore it is a thing whose four syllables mean the same thing to the majority of of mankind. Say the word almost any place in Africa and they discover how you're feeling. Not many words translate like that. Consider even the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in their pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is actually universal.
haleluja - I understand of no other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. With its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing and when sung alone or encompassed by itself and repeated over and over it's the epitome word of celebration in human language. I have found that after I'm writing a sacred song and i'm most filled with the spirit of God, fundamental essentials words that spill out of me again and again as the melodies pour through me from God. Over and over again, "Hallelujah". It happens frequently which i must rewrite the lyrics into other words, otherwise the majority of my songs would sing just "Hallelujahs".
A person named George Fredric Handel put on the extender to musically summarize his penultimate tribute towards the birth of Christ inside the finale of his "Messiah". Who has not sat in wonder in the singing of this great gift to mankind since the same word cascaded from the choir?
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
In no way comparing myself to Frederic Handel, I too used these words to great effect in the song that opened the performance of The Jenny Burton Experience which ran to sold out audiences for over seven years here in Nyc.
Let's begin using a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There's music inside our lives
There is music up everywhere
There is a spirit within our lives
As well as the music and the spirit is one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A simple statement, but with the body weight and power this phenomenal word you can be certain the audiences knew exactly where we were going with the inspirational aim of the performance. It set the spirit from the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly in to the whole world of spiritual thought.
haleluja - Exactly what is a word but symbolic to have an idea. These sounds that can come away from our mouths represent concepts big or small. Repeat the word "streetcar" and that we understand specifically what you mean. Say the word "God" and you will have as many definitions of the word as you've listeners. But say the word "Hallelujah" as well as the world is suddenly all for a passing fancy page as well as in one method or another feeling and understanding the light that you are experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, in fact, clamors for repetition, for to express it once isn't enough. It ought to be repeated and repeated in the wonder of God's grace and power, love, soul, and spirit. It is the penultimate word inside the human language in praise of God.
When every day life is at its best, within the moment when few other words suffice, for most people here in the world, out pops the word "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and is also immediately understood deeply within the soul of most.
