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# hallelujah

«hallelujah» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection

### meaning for a pupil

A Hebrew word meaning "Praise God!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It opens or closes many psalms and calls everyone to praise the LORD. Interpretation: Tradition says the word joins "praise" with a short name of God. The Hallel psalms are sung at festivals, and the word is part of Jewish prayer.

### examples

- 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) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#x1)
- 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) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2648/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hallelujah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hallelujah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.