hallelujah and its meaning
It is this usage that Charles Jennens extracted for the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's Messiah. Interpretation. In the Hebrew Bible hallelujah is actually a two-word phrase, not one word. The first part, hallelu, is the second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb hillel. However, hallelujah means more than simply praise Jah or praise Yah, as the word hallel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God. Hallel could also refer to someone who acts madly or foolishly. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, the name for the Creator.