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For most Christians, "Hallelujah" is considered a joyful word of praise to God, rather than an injunction to praise him. The word " Alleluia ", a Latin derivative of the Hebrew phrase "Hallelujah" has been used in the same manner, though in Christian liturgy , the "Alleluia" specifically refers to a traditional chant, combining the word with ...
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, [1] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991.
The Hebrew word Hallelujah as an expression of praise to God was preserved, untranslated, by the Early Christians as a superlative expression of thanksgiving, joy, and triumph. Thus it appears in the ancient Greek Liturgy of St. James , which is still used to this day by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and, in its Syriac recension is the prototype ...
The Oxford English Dictionary defines hallelujah as “a song or shout of praise to God,” but biblical scholars will tell you it’s actually a smash-up of two Hebrew words: “hallel” meaning ...
"Hallelujah!" is a 1992 song from Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration, a Grammy award winning Reprise Records concept album. The song is a soulful re-interpretation of the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah , George Frideric Handel 's well-known oratorio from 1741.
This short form of the name occurs 50 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, of which 24 form part of the phrase "Hallelujah", a phrase that continues to be employed by Jews and Christians to give praise to Yahweh. [1] [2] In the Christian King James Version (1611) there is a single instance of JAH (capitalized), in Psalm 68:4.
Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright said it amounts to “blasphemy” that Donald Trump used his version of the Leonard Cohen classic “Hallelujah” at a recent campaign event in Pennsylvania ...
Preston's version of "My Sweet Lord" differs from Harrison's later reading in that the "hallelujah" refrain appears from the start of the song and, rather than the full mantra section, the words "Hare Krishna" are sung only twice throughout the whole track. [12]