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Hallelujah! The effectiveness of the term

haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of the song I wrote since it was " an audio lesson of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take the time about this issue and check out the phrase "Hallelujah" in a few depth.

Its etymology comes from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Oddly enough, it is 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" and on and on that way. So it is anything whose four syllables have a similar meaning to many of mankind. Say the word almost anywhere in Africa and they discover how you feel. Hardly any words translate that way. Consider perhaps the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in the pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is really 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. With its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing so when sung alone or flanked by itself and repeated over and over it is the epitome word of celebration in human language. I have found that when I'm writing a sacred song that i'm most full of the spirit of God, these are the words that spill out of me again and again since the melodies pour through me from God. Repeatedly, "Hallelujah". It takes place so frequently which i must rewrite the lyrics into simple terms, otherwise the majority 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 within the finale of his "Messiah". That has not sat in wonder on the singing of the 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 in the song that opened the performance of The Jenny Burton Experience which ran to out of stock audiences for more than seven years here in New york.

Let's move on using a Hallelujah
Let's start out with a Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

There is certainly music inside our lives
There is music up everywhere
There's a spirit inside our lives
And also the music and also the spirit are one

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

A straightforward statement, though the weight and power of this unique word you can be sure the audiences knew wherever i was using the inspirational intention of the performance. It set the spirit from the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly into the arena of spiritual thought.

haleluja - Just what word but symbolic with an idea. These sounds which come out of our mouths represent concepts large or small. Say the word "streetcar" so we know exactly everything you mean. Repeat the word "God" and you will have as numerous definitions of that word because you have listeners. But say the word "Hallelujah" and the world is suddenly all on the same page and in a way feeling and having the light that you're experiencing. It's a word that bears repetition, no, in reality, clamors for repetition, for to express it once is not enough. It should 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 few other words suffice, for most of us here on this planet, 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.