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Hallelujah! The effectiveness of the phrase
haleluja - A minister I knew once questioned the depth or "the soul" of a song I wrote as it was " music of largely just Hallelujahs". Today Let me spend some time on this issue and consider the term "Hallelujah" in some depth.
Its etymology comes from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Oddly enough, this is a word that circumnavigates the globe and spans most languages. When translated, the word "Hallelujah" (or sometimes "Alleluia") remains 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 and also on like this. So it's a word whose four syllables have a similar meaning to many of mankind. Say the word almost any place in Africa and so they discover how you are feeling. Hardly any words translate like that. Consider even the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in the 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. With its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing when sung alone or flanked by itself and repeated again and again it is the epitome word of celebration in human language. I find that when I'm writing a sacred song that i'm most filled with the spirit of God, fundamental essentials words that spill away from me over and over since the melodies pour through me from God. Repeatedly, "Hallelujah". It occurs frequently i have to rewrite the lyrics into short, otherwise nearly all of my songs would sing just "Hallelujahs".
A person named George Fredric Handel tried on the extender to musically summarize his penultimate tribute for the birth of Christ in the finale of his "Messiah". That has not sat in wonder on the singing of the great gift to mankind as 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 inside a song that opened the performance with the Jenny Burton Experience which ran to sold out audiences for over seven years in New york.
Let's start with a Hallelujah
Let's start out with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There is certainly music inside our lives
There is certainly music up all over
There exists a spirit in our lives
And the music and also the spirit is one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
An easy statement, though the body weight and power this amazing word you can be certain the audiences knew exactly where i was choosing 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 a symbol with an idea. These sounds that can come from our mouths represent concepts big or small. Repeat the word "streetcar" and that we know exactly that which you mean. Say the word "God" you'll also find as much definitions of this word because you have listeners. But the word "Hallelujah" as well as the world is suddenly all on a single page as well as in a way feeling and understanding the light that you will be experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, actually, clamors for repetition, for to say 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 within the human language in praise of God.
When life's at its best, within the moment when no other words suffice, for most people here in the world, out pops the phrase "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and is immediately understood deeply inside the soul of most.
