Hallelujah

Hallelujah is the German transcription of the Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ ( hallelu - jah ), which consists of the imperative plural praise of hillel (Hebrew for " praise, glorify, proclaim " ) and Jah, the short form of the divine name YHWH, composed. Literal translation: Praise Jah!

The Latin form Alleluia is the Greek transcription " ἁλληλουϊά " back (the Greek alphabet knew ( and knows ) no "h" and only wrote the diacritics Spiritus asper ἁ ).

The exclamation is found 23 times in the Psalms of the Old Testament ( 104.35; 105.45; 106,1.48; 111.1; 112.1; 113,1.9; 115.18; 116.19; 117.2; 135,1.21; 146,1.10; 147,1.20; 148,1.14; 149,1.9; 150,1.6 ). Psalms 113-118 are also known as Hallel Psalms. Halelu - jah found four more times in the New Testament in Revelation ( 19:1-6 ).

" Alleluia " is used:

  • The translation of Joseph Francis of allioli, 1937;
  • The translation of Konstantin Rösch, edited by Bott, 1967.

"Hallelujah " is used:

  • The Revised Standard Version translation;
  • The unit translation, 1980;
  • The Good News Bible, 1997;
  • The Martin Luther's translation, revised version from 1984;
  • The translation of Hermann amount, 1951;
  • The " Schlachter Bible", 1951;
  • The " Zurich Bible ", 2007; and
  • The translation of Hope for All, 1996.
  • Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Psalter, 1860;
  • The New World Translation, 1989.
  • Caesar of Lengerke, The Five Books of Psalms, 1847
  • Heinrich Ewald, The poetic books of the Old Testament, 1835

"Praise Jehovah ( h) " is used:

  • Johann Gottfried Herder, The Spirit of ebräischen Poetry, 1825
  • Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, 1839

Christian liturgy

In the Roman Catholic Mass the Alleluia of the second reading or immediately follows the Responsorial Psalm. The sung Hallelujah is part of the call before the Gospel, the congregation worships with the gospel Christ present, and thus part of the Proper. For Hallelujah Gospel and the faithful raise.

In Lutheran worship, the Alleluia is (mostly self- verse ), the response of the congregation to the Epistle. It is followed by the week song on the gospel.

During the Easter Lent the Alleluia is replaced by another Christ - reputation until it sounds festive again before the Gospel of the Easter Vigil for the first time in the Roman rite. At Easter, Pentecost and Corpus Christi, it can be supplemented by a sequence. In the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Churches, it is, however, sang constantly.

The Alleluia is in the Charismatic churches, and the Pentecostal churches, intensively used in the worship celebrations as they are popular especially in the U.S. and Africa. (See also Jehovah ).

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