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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 since it was " music of largely just Hallelujahs". Today I want to take a moment on this issue and look at the term "Hallelujah" in some depth.
Its etymology comes from the Hebrew and means "Praise Jah" or "Praise God". Oddly enough, it is a word that circumnavigates the planet and spans most languages. When translated, the phrase "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" as well as on and also on like this. So it is anything whose four syllables have a similar meaning to most of mankind. Repeat the word almost any place in Africa and they understand how you are feeling. Not many words translate like that. Consider even the word "God". Even this word changes dramatically in its pronunciation and spelling in translation. "Hallelujah" is really universal.
haleluja - I know of no other word in language or song that carries such joy, such celebration, such depth of spirit and soul. Having its four open vowels, this is a gorgeous utterance to sing so when sung alone or flanked by itself and repeated again and again it's the epitome word of celebration in human language. I've found that after I'm writing a sacred song that i'm most filled up with the spirit of God, fundamental essentials words that spill away from me repeatedly since the melodies pour through me from God. Again and again, "Hallelujah". It takes place frequently i must rewrite the lyrics into simple terms, otherwise nearly all of my songs would sing nothing but "Hallelujahs".
A guy named George Fredric Handel used it to musically summarize his penultimate tribute for the birth of Christ within the finale of his "Messiah". That has not sat in wonder in 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!
In no way comparing myself to Frederic Handel, I too used these words to great effect inside a song that opened the performance of The Jenny Burton Experience which ran to out of stock audiences for upwards of seven years in New york.
Let's move on having a Hallelujah
Let's begin with a Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There's music in our lives
There is certainly music in the air everywhere
There exists a spirit inside our lives
And the music and the spirit is one
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A straightforward statement, however with the weight and power this unique word you can be sure the audiences knew in which we were using the inspirational goal of the performance. It set the spirit from the evening in stone and launched us cleanly and clearly in to the whole world of spiritual thought.
haleluja - Exactly what is a word but symbolic to have an idea. These sounds which come away from our mouths represent concepts small or large. Say the word "streetcar" and that we know exactly what you mean. Repeat the word "God" you'll also find as numerous definitions of that word as you've listeners. But say the word "Hallelujah" and also the world is suddenly all on a single page and in some way feeling and understanding the light that you're experiencing. This is a word that bears repetition, no, in fact, clamors for repetition, for to state it once is not enough. It should 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's at its best, inside the moment when few other words suffice, for most of us here in the world, out pops the term "Hallelujah". This elegant and universal utterance captures the essence of celebration and is immediately understood deeply within the soul of all.
