Majorie156
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Hallelujah! The strength of the term
haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of your song I wrote because it was " a song of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take a moment on this issue and check out the phrase "Hallelujah" in a few depth.
Its etymology originates from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Interestingly enough, it is a word that circumnavigates the planet and spans most languages. When translated, the word "Hallelujah" (or sometimes "Alleluia") continues to be 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 on and also on that way. Therefore it is a thing whose four syllables mean the same thing to most of mankind. Repeat the word almost anywhere in Africa and they understand how you're feeling. Hardly any words translate that way. Consider even the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in their pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is truly universal.
haleluja - I understand of not one other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. Having its four open vowels, it is a gorgeous utterance to sing and when sung alone or flanked by itself and repeated repeatedly oahu is the epitome word of celebration in human language. I've found that when I'm writing a sacred song and I am most filled with the spirit of God, these are the words that spill away from me over and over as the melodies pour through me from God. Over and over again, "Hallelujah". It happens so often that I need to rewrite the lyrics into simple terms, otherwise most of my songs would sing only "Hallelujahs".
A guy named George Fredric Handel used it 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 with 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!
Certainly not comparing myself to Frederic Handel, I too used these words to great effect in a song that opened the performance from the Jenny Burton Experience which ran to sold-out audiences for over seven years in New york.
Let's move on using a Hallelujah
Let's start out with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There is music inside our lives
There is certainly music in mid-air all around us
There exists a spirit inside our lives
As well as the music as well as the spirit is one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A straightforward statement, however with the weight and power of this unique word it is certain the audiences knew wherever we were using the inspirational goal of the performance. It set the spirit from the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly into the whole world of spiritual thought.
haleluja - What is a word but a symbol for an idea. These sounds that can come from our mouths represent concepts big or small. The word "streetcar" so we understand specifically what you mean. The word "God" and you'll have as much definitions of this word as you have listeners. But the word "Hallelujah" and also the world is suddenly all for a passing fancy page plus one method or another feeling and understanding the light that you are experiencing. It's a word that bears repetition, no, in reality, clamors for repetition, for to state it once is not enough. It must be repeated and repeated within 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, 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 immediately understood deeply inside the soul of.
