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Hallelujah! The effectiveness of the phrase

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 consider the word "Hallelujah" in some depth.

Its etymology originates from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Interestingly enough, it's a word that circumnavigates the world and spans most languages. When translated, the term "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" as well as on and on like this. Therefore it is a word whose four syllables have a similar meaning to many of mankind. Say the word almost around Africa and so they discover how you're feeling. Not many words translate that way. Consider even the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in its pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is truly universal.

haleluja - I understand of no other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. Using its four open vowels, it is a gorgeous utterance to sing so when sung alone or encompassed by itself and repeated over and over oahu is the epitome word of celebration in human language. I find that when I'm writing a sacred song and i'm most filled up with the spirit of God, these are the basic words that spill from me repeatedly because the melodies pour through me from God. Again and again, "Hallelujah". It happens so frequently which i must rewrite the lyrics into simple terms, otherwise the majority of my songs would sing nothing but "Hallelujahs".

A guy named George Fredric Handel tried on the extender to musically summarize his penultimate tribute to the birth of Christ within the finale of his "Messiah". Who may have not sat in wonder at the singing of this great gift to mankind since the same word cascaded from your choir?

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For your Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Certainly not comparing myself to Frederic Handel, I too used these words to great effect in a song that opened the performance of The Jenny Burton Experience which ran to out of stock audiences for upwards of seven years within New York City.

Let's move on with a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

There is certainly music within our lives
There is certainly music in the air all over
There's a spirit inside our lives
And the music and also the spirit are certainly one

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

An easy statement, though the body weight and power this phenomenal word you can be sure the audiences knew wherever i was going with the inspirational intention of the performance. It set the spirit of the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly in to the realm of spiritual thought.

haleluja - Just what word but symbolic to have an idea. These sounds which come away from our mouths represent concepts large or small. Say the word "streetcar" and we know exactly that which you mean. Say the word "God" and you will have as much definitions of the word as you have listeners. But the word "Hallelujah" and also the world is suddenly all on the same page plus a way feeling and knowing the light that you're experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, actually, clamors for repetition, for to express it once is not enough. It ought to be repeated and repeated in the wonder of God's grace and power, love, soul, and spirit. It's the penultimate word within the human language in praise of God.

When life is at its best, inside the moment when not one other words suffice, for many people here on the earth, out pops the word "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and it is immediately understood deeply inside the soul of all.