The notion of hallelujah can be understood as praise to God.
The Hebrew concept of hallĕlū yăh came to Latin as halleluia , which led to the Spanish alleluia . The term has several uses, although the most frequent refers to the interjection used in Christianity and Judaism to express joy in praising God .
For example: “Glory to God! Alleluia!" , “The catechism teacher taught us to sing hallelujah” , “Hallelujah, brothers: the Lord has manifested himself once again in the midst of our people” .
Hallelujah as praise
The Hebrew word hallĕlū can be translated as “praise” or “praise.” Hallelujah, in any case, usually implicitly includes the recipient of the praise , which would be God . This means that when someone expresses “Hallelujah” , it can be understood that they are indicating “Hallelujah to the Lord” or similar.
In the liturgy , a ritual song is known as alleluia. When the faithful sing the hallelujah, they praise the divinity. Many musical compositions, by extension, are named after hallelujah.
A type of ritual song is mentioned as hallelujah.
songs and books
One of the best-known songs by the famous American singer-songwriter, novelist and poet Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016) is called that. He composed “Hallelujah” in 1984 and decided to include it in his album titled “Various Positions.” It is one of the singles that gave him the most popularity and that achieved the most success. Hence it has later been covered by numerous artists such as John Cale, Jeff Buckley, Alexandra Burke or even Pentatonix.
It is a song that deals with themes included in “The Bible”. Specifically, everything from King David to friendship, pain, happiness and love appear in it. Hence it includes verses as significant as these: “love is not a victory march, it is a cold and broken hallelujah.”
In the same way, we cannot ignore that there are other different cultural works that also use the word that concerns us now in their titles. This would be the case, for example, of “The Alleluia and Other Texts.” This is a book by Georges Bataille, published in 1981 and is framed within the genre of philosophy.
Other uses of the term hallelujah
Beyond religion , the interjection hallelujah can be used to express happiness or something positive: “Hallelujah! The Italian team won again after eight games and left the bottom of the standings” , “Yesterday we were without power for four hours until, hallelujah, the company restored the service” , “Have you seriously passed the exam? Alleluia! "I'm proud of you."
The Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), in its dictionary, lists other meanings of hallelujah: it may be a perennial plant that can be eaten as food; of old prints that make up a series; of a very skinny individual; or a type of paint.
Specifically, we can emphasize that Hallelujah is a set of prints with images that became the first records of children's literature and press that existed in Spain. They date from the 18th and 19th centuries and their objective was to introduce children to legends, stories and fables through drawings.