 hallelujah ( ) is a transliteration of the hebrew word  (modern halleluya, tiberian hallÉlÃ»yÄh), which is composed of two elements:  (second-person imperative masculine plural form of the hebrew verb hallal: an exhortation to "praise" addressed to several peoplepage h. kelley, biblical hebrew, an introductory grammar, page 169. ethics & public policy center, 1959. isbn 978-0-8028-0598-0.) and  (yah).hallelujah, also spelled alleluia, encyclopÃ¦dia britannicabrown-driver-briggs (hebrew and english lexicon, page 238)page 403, note on line 1 of psalm 113,  most well-known english versions of the hebrew bible translate the hebrew "hallelujah" (as at ) as two hebrew words, generally rendered as "praise (ye)" and "the ", but the second word is given as "yah" in the lexham english bible and young's literal translation, "jehovah" in the american standard version, and "hashem" in the orthodox jewish bible. instead of a translation, the transliteration "hallelujah" is used by jps tanakh, international standard version, darby translation, god's word translation, holman christian standard bible, and the message, with the spelling "halleluyah" appearing in the complete jewish bible. the greek-influenced form "alleluia" appears in wycliffe's bible, the knox version and the new jerusalem bible. in the great song of praise to god for his triumph over the whore of babylon in chapter 19 of the new testament book of revelation, the greek word á¼Î»Î»Î·Î»Î¿ÏÏÎ± (allÄluia), a transliteration of the same hebrew word, appears four times, as an expression of praise rather than an exhortation to praise.scott nash, "hallelujah" in mercer dictionary of the bible (mercer university press 1990 isbn 978-0-86554373-7), p. 355 in english translations this is mostly rendered as "hallelujah",variants of "hallelujah" in this context are "hallelujah (praise the lord)" in the amplified bible and "halleluyah" in complete jewish bible but as "alleluia" i
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