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title: hallelujah — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hallelujah» in the Judaism dictionary: A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!". Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hallelujah

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**Who acts:** Hebrew word, Hallelujah, it, praise, LORD, people · **What happens:** mean, praise, be, sing, let, say · **To what, where:** God, praises, Blessed God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«hallelujah» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [hallelujah in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hallelujah.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:m1:1
# text = A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Praise	praise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund | a Hebrew word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **praise** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | a Hebrew word *not said here* | God |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. (Writings PSA.147.1, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:x1:1
# text = Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
1	Hallelujah	Hallelujah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	praises	praise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	comely	comely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hallelujah |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive |  | praises |  |  |  | unto our God | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | pleasant *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | praise |  |  |  |  | comely *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.147.1, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:x1:2
# text = (Writings PSA.147.1, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.147.1	PSA.147.1	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah. (Writings PSA.106.48, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:x2:1
# text = Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.'
1	Blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everlasting	everlasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everlasting	everlasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
24	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Amen	amen	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | the LORD | the Blessed God |  |  |  | of Israel | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | all people |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* Hallelujah.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:x2:2
# text = Hallelujah.
1	Hallelujah	Hallelujah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* (Writings PSA.106.48, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hallelujah:x2:3
# text = (Writings PSA.106.48, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.106.48	PSA.106.48	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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