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Hallelujah! The strength of the Word
haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of the song I wrote because it was " a song of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take the time about this issue and check out the word "Hallelujah" in a few depth.
Its etymology originates from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Oddly enough, it's a word that circumnavigates the globe and spans most languages. When translated, the word "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 and also on that way. Therefore it is anything whose four syllables have a similar meaning to most of mankind. Say the word almost anywhere in Africa and they understand how you're feeling. Very few 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 know of few other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. With its four open vowels, it's a gorgeous utterance to sing and when sung alone or flanked by itself and repeated again and again it's the epitome word of celebration in human language. I have found that whenever I'm writing a sacred song and i'm most filled with the spirit of God, these are the basic words that spill out of me again and again because the melodies pour through me from God. Repeatedly, "Hallelujah". It happens so often which i must rewrite the lyrics into short, otherwise the majority of my songs would sing only "Hallelujahs".
A man named George Fredric Handel used it to musically summarize his penultimate tribute towards the birth of Christ in the finale of his "Messiah". Who may have 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!
By no means comparing myself to Frederic Handel, I too used these words to great effect inside a song that opened the performance with the Jenny Burton Experience which ran to sold-out audiences for over seven years here in New York City.
Let's begin with a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There's music in our lives
There is music in the air all over
There is a spirit in our lives
And also the music and the spirit are one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A simple statement, though the load and energy this unique word you can be sure the audiences knew exactly where i was using the inspirational aim of the performance. It set the spirit of the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly to the whole world of spiritual thought.
haleluja - Just what word but an emblem for an idea. These sounds which come from our mouths represent concepts big or small. Repeat the word "streetcar" so we understand specifically what you mean. Say the word "God" you'll also find as much definitions of the word as you've listeners. But say the word "Hallelujah" and also the world is suddenly all on a single page plus a way feeling and knowing the light that you are experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, in reality, clamors for repetition, for to say it once is not enough. It must be repeated and repeated inside the wonder of God's grace and power, love, soul, and spirit. It's the penultimate word inside the human language in praise of God.
When life's at its best, in the moment when not one other words suffice, for most of us here in the world, out pops the phrase "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and is also immediately understood deeply inside the soul of most.
