different between alleluia vs hallelujah

English

Etymology

From Latin all?l?ia, from Hebrew ????????????? (“Praise Jah!”).

Interjection

alleluia

1. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.

Noun

alleluia (plural alleluias)

1. A liturgical form of hallelujah.
2. (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
3. The plant wood sorrel.

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Verb

alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)

1. Alternative spelling of hallelujah

Italian

Etymology

From Latin all?l?ia, from Hebrew ????????????? (“Praise Jah!”).

Noun

alleluia m (invariable)

1. hallelujah

Related terms

• alleluiare
• alleluiatico

English

Alternative forms

• halleluia
• halleluiah
• halleluja
• alleluia

Etymology

From Hebrew ???????????? (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hæl??l(j)u?j?/

Interjection

hallelujah

1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
2. A general expression of gratitude or adoration.

   Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!

Translations

Noun

hallelujah (plural hallelujahs)

1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".

   the hallelujah (chorus) in Handel's "Messiah"

   Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

3. (in the plural) General praise.

Quotations

• So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. - John Milton

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Verb

hallelujah (third-person singular simple present hallelujahs, present participle hallelujahing, simple past and past participle hallelujahed)

1. (intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.

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