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Hallelujah! The strength of the Word

haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of a song I wrote as it was " an audio lesson of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take the time on this issue and consider the term "Hallelujah" in certain depth.

Its etymology comes from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Strangely 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 also on as well as on that way. So it's a word whose four syllables mean the same thing to most of mankind. Say the word almost any place in Africa and they understand how you are feeling. Not many words translate like that. Consider the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in its 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. Using its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing when sung alone or encompassed by itself and repeated again and again it's the epitome word of celebration in human language. I find that when I'm writing a sacred song and I am most filled with the spirit of God, fundamental essentials words that spill out of me repeatedly as the melodies pour through me from God. Repeatedly, "Hallelujah". It takes place so often which i have to rewrite the lyrics into short, otherwise nearly all of my songs would sing just "Hallelujahs".

A person named George Fredric Handel put on the extender to musically summarize his penultimate tribute towards the birth of Christ in the finale of his "Messiah". Who may have not sat in wonder at the singing with this great gift to mankind as the same word cascaded in the choir?

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

Certainly not 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 upwards of seven years here in New York City.

Let's begin using a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

There is music in our lives
There is music in the air everywhere
There is a spirit inside our lives
And the music and the spirit are certainly one

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

A straightforward statement, though the body weight and power this amazing word it is certain the audiences knew in which i was choosing 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 an emblem with an idea. These sounds that can come out of our mouths represent concepts big or small. Say the word "streetcar" so we know precisely that which you mean. The word "God" you'll also find as numerous definitions of the word as you've listeners. But the word "Hallelujah" and also the world is suddenly all on the same page as well as in one method or another feeling and having the light that you will be experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, in fact, 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's the penultimate word in the human language in praise of God.

When life's at its best, inside the moment when no 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 it is immediately understood deeply within the soul of most.