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Hallelujah! The effectiveness of the Word
haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of the song I wrote as it was " an audio lesson of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take a moment with this issue and check out the phrase "Hallelujah" in some depth.
Its etymology is from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Strangely enough, this is a word that circumnavigates the globe and spans most languages. When translated, the phrase "Hallelujah" (or sometimes "Alleluia") continues to be 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" and also on as well as on like this. So it's a word whose four syllables have a similar meaning to the majority of of mankind. The word almost any place in Africa and they know how you feel. Very few words translate like that. Consider the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in its pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is really universal.
haleluja - I know of few other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. Having its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing when sung alone or surrounded 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 words that spill out of me again and again since the melodies pour through me from God. Again and again, "Hallelujah". It happens frequently which i need to rewrite the lyrics into simple terms, otherwise most of my songs would sing just "Hallelujahs".
A guy named George Fredric Handel used it to musically summarize his penultimate tribute towards the birth of Christ in the finale of his "Messiah". That has not sat in wonder at the singing with this great gift to mankind because the same word cascaded from your 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 upwards of seven years within New york.
Let's move on with a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There's music within our lives
There is music in the air all over
There is a spirit inside our lives
As well as the music and also the spirit is one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A simple statement, however with the load and power of this unique word it is certain the audiences knew wherever i was going with the inspirational aim of the performance. It set the spirit from the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly to the realm of spiritual thought.
haleluja - What is a word but an emblem for an idea. These sounds that can come from our mouths represent concepts small or large. The word "streetcar" and that we understand specifically that which you mean. Repeat the word "God" and you will have as much definitions of the word as you've listeners. But say the word "Hallelujah" as well as the world is suddenly all on a single page and in one method or another feeling and understanding the light that you are experiencing. It is a word that bears repetition, no, in reality, clamors for repetition, for to state 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 within the human language in praise of God.
When every day life is at its best, inside the moment when few other words suffice, for many people here on this planet, out pops the term "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and is also immediately understood deeply within the soul of all.
