HALLELUYAH (HALLELUJAH) MEANS 'PRAISE YAHWEH, YAH' IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

“AHleleuYAH” (praise be to YAH) is the oldest and only spoken phrase which has never been mispronounced in over 5000 years”!

“AHleleuYAH is the only human phrase unchanged by 4000 languages over the past 5500 years”.
HalleluYah (Hallelujah) means 'praise Yahweh, Yah' in the Holy Scriptures

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him.(Psalms 68:4NKJ)

Hallelujah (Please see blog on the letter 'j')

 

Halleluyah and the Latin form Alleluia are transliterations of the Hebrew word (Standard Halleluya, Tiberian Hall?lûya-h) meaning "Praise Yahweh (from the first two letters of the Tetragrammaton YHWH) " and is similar to the Arabic phrase Alhamdulillah, used by Muslims and by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians. 

 

Hallelujah is found primarily in the book of Psalms. The word is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian prayer, particularly in the Catholic Mass. It has been accepted into the English language and has a similar pronunciation in many other languages.

The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (mainly in the book of Psalms, e.g. 111–117, 145–150, where it starts and concludes a number of Psalms) and four times in Greek transliteration in the Christian Book of Revelation.

The word hallelujah occurring in Psalms is a Hebrew request for a congregation to join in praise. It can be translated as "Praise Yahweh, you people", and is usually worded in English contexts as "Praise ye the LORD" or "Praise the LORD". This is not a direct translation, as Yah represents the first two letters of YHWH, the name for the Creator, and not the title "lord". To give fuller meaning in this context, Hallelujah could rightly be translated "Praise Yahweh", or "Praise Jehovah" (signified by Jah).

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 hallal. However, "hallelujah" means more than simply "praise Yah", as the word hallel in Hebrew means a joyous praise, to boast in God, or to act madly or foolishly. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of Yahweh YHWH, sometimes rendered in English as "Jehovah". 

The Septuagint translates Yah as Kyrios (the LORD). In Psalm 150:6 the Hebrew reads kol han'shamah t'hallel yah; the final word "yah" is translated as "the LORD", or "YHWH". It appears in the Hebrew Bible as and . In Psalm 148:1 the Hebrew says "hallelu yah". It then says "hallelu eth-YHWH" as if using "yah" and "YHWH" interchangeably. The word "Yah" appears by itself as a divine name in poetry about 49 times in the Hebrew Bible (including hallelu yah), such as in Psalm 68:4–5 "who rides upon the deserts by his name Yah" and Exodus 15:2 "Yah is my strength and song". It also often appears at the end of Israelite theophoric names such as Isaiah "yeshayah(u), Yahweh is salvation" and Jeremiah "yirmeyah(u), Yahweh is exalted".

Halelujah appears in Revelation 19 in Greek transliteration as "hallelouia", the great song of praise to God for his triumphant reign. This transliteration also appears in the Septuagint.

Usage by Christians

For most Christians, "Hallelujah" is considered a joyful word of praise to God, rather than an injunction to praise him. In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, and in many older Protestant denominations, the Alleluia, along with the Gloria in Excelsis Deo, is not spoken or sung in liturgy during the season of Lent, instead being replaced by a Lenten acclamation, while in Eastern Churches, Alleluia is chanted throughout the Lent in the beginning of the Matins service, replacing the Theos Kyrios, which is considered more joyful. At the Easter service and throughout the Pentecostarion, Christos anesti is used in the place where Hallelujah is chanted in the western rite.

Among many Protestant Christians, the expressions of Hallelujah and Praise the LORD are acceptable, spontaneous expressions of joy, thanksgiving and praise towards God, requiring no specific prompting or call or direction from those leading times of praise and singing.

HalleluYah is a Hebrew word meaning "Praise Yah".

(Please see the blog on God told us His name, God's name in the Hebrew is Yahweh Elohim which means the Eternal One God and the name of Jesus in the Hebrew is literally {Yahweh's} 'Salvation').

HALLELUYAH

Encyclopedia of Judaism:
Hallelujah

Biblical expression found only in the Book of Psalms and meaning "Praise the Lord!" (halelu-Yah). An exclamation of joy, praise, or thanksgiving, it occurs in 13 psalms either as the opening word (111, 112), or the closing word (104, 105, 115-117), or both (106, 113, 135, 146-150). Its original purpose, in Temple times, was to signal that a congregational response should be given to the levitical choir. Each verse of the Hallel psalms was likewise answered by halelu-Yah (Suk. 3:10), and this may also have characterized the sequence culminating in the "Grand Hallelujah" (Ps. 150). Like Amen, the Hebrew term entered the Jewish prayer book and also became part of the Christian tradition, finding its way into many languages.

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Bible Guide:
Hallelujah, Alleluia


A cultic expression meaning "Praise Yah, i.e. "Praise the Lord". It was probably used as a shout or prayer at a point of great joy or rejoicing. The phrase appears in 16 psalms beginning with 104:35 where it closes the hymn (also Ps 105; 106; 113; 115-17; 135; 146-150); while it serves as an introduction to Psalms 106; 111-13; 135; 146-150. Psalms 146-150 are known as the "Hallelujah Psalms". The Greek and Latin versions do not translate the expression but simply transliterate it as a single word, "hallelouia" from which it passed into European languages. It also appears in the Book of Revelation in chapter 19.

Concordance
Ps 104:35; 105:45; 106:1,48; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1,19; 115:18; 116:19; 117:2; 135:1, 21; 146:1, 10; 147:1, 20; 148:1, 14; 149:1, 9; 150:1, 6. Rev 19:1-6

HALLELUYAH

 
Columbia Encyclopedia:
Hallelujah
Hallelujah (ha(l'?lu-'y?) or Alleluia (a(l-) [Heb.,=praise the Lord], joyful expression used in Hebrew worship; cf. Pss. 104-6, 111-13, 115-17, 135, 146-50. Christian liturgies make wide use of it, particularly at Easter time (please see blog on the Passover, for Christ is our Passover).

HALLELUYAH

Dictionary:  
hal·le·lu·jah   (ha(l'?-lu-'y?) pronunciation
interj.
Used to express praise or joy.
n.
   1. An exclamation of "hallelujah."
   2. Music. A composition expressing praise and based on the word "hallelujah."

(Hebrew hall?lû-ya-h, praise Yahweh : hall?lû, masculine pl. imperative of hille-l, to praise + ya-h, Yahweh.)

The Lord works with each one in a different way and in His perfect timing; for He knows all things. God began by showing us that His commandments (righteousness) has not and will not be abolished....mainly the Sabbath which has always been under attack by Satan.

Then God showed us the same thing in regard to His 7 Annual Sabbaths (Holy Days, High Days, Feast Days—NOTE: if  we cannot understand those we cannot understand the only sign the Messiah gave that He was indeed the true Messiah--3 nights; 3 days in “the heart of the earth”).

Then God began to show us the paganism that exists even in the names that are being used (from His name, to His Son’s name, to the names of the days of the week and the months even).

GOD'S NAME IS HOLY; HIS SON IS HOLY ; HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE HOLY; HIS SACRED CALENDAR IS HOLY AND HIS DAYS ARE HOLY, WE HAVE TO COME OUT OF ALL PAGANISM ALLOWING THE LORD TO LEAD.

The letter ―J‖ is only 500 years old in English (see Webster‘s Dictionary). ―J‖ does not exist in YAHUWan, Ibrew (Aramaic) or ―Hebrew.‖ ―Jesus‖ never occurs in The Original Scriptures or even ―near-original‖ texts. The first 4 editions of The King James Bible (1611-1627) carried the Catholic Vulgate‘s invention of ―Iesus.‖ In 1628, ―Iesus‖ was slightly changed in the KJV to ―Jesus.‖


What we need to remember is that the Lord is Alpha and Omega, He knows what names are being used to reference Him in every language, from the beginning of man's rule (1st 6,000 yrs of man--i.e., not the earth for the earth & angels were created some millions of yrs before mankind) until the end (when the Messiah returns) when we will all learn the truth. Satan has filled the earth with so much confusion and there is a lot of error but God knows this and one day the earth will be full of His truth & peace. This is what we look forward too.

For there is nothing that is done that God cannot and will not turn around in His people's favor for His glory....'nothing the Lord allows is in vain, but has a purpose rather it is revealed to us now, later or never we can trust in that. Think about how many times every week or even every day you hear the names Jesus Christ and God being used in an inappropriate way (in vain)...ie  "Oh my G--", "Christ no", & so on, movies, music, casual conversations??? So if the world had access to the true names on a wide scale think of the constant blasphemy (transgression of the third commandment of God's Royal Law) there would be.

Jesus Christ (Y'shua the Messiah) simply told us to say "Our Father" when we pray. Does it matter if we call our earthly father {sir, dad, daddy, poppa, father, etc.}....does he know who we're referencing? Does it matter if someone else calls him John, Johnnie, Mr. Smith, do we still know who's being referenced? Of course we do, he does too and our understanding doesn't even compare to that of the Lord's.

If Christ, through the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit, revealed (in Revelation to John) the Greek and Hebrew names of Satan, the devil, the "poisonous" serpent, once known as Lucifer. (Revelation 9:11) Why would we not want to know the “original” names of the Lord given by the Lord? For He reigns!

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him. (Psalm 68:4 NKJ)


Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.' "  (Isaiah 12:2 NKJ)


Trust in the Lord forever, For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.   (Isaiah 26:4 NKJ)

Jesus' name in the Hebrew (Y'shua) means Salvation, we should want to know that. Just as the Creator and Father God's name in the Hebrew is Yahweh (YHVH, YAHUWAH ) Elohim which means "The Eternal One God", we should want to know that. This is the name by which He revealed Himself to Moses and the physical children of Israel. He had previously revealed Himself as El Shaddai "Almighty God" to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). (Gen 32:28)

And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel. (Genesis 35:10 NKJ)

Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.' (Exodus 3:15 NKJ)


THE HISTORY OF THE LETTER "J"

J is the 10th letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet used today, it was the last of the 26 letters to be added.

Its name in English is pronounced “jay”.

Letter J - The tenth letter in the English and Hebrew alphabet, in the latter of which it is equivalent to y, and i, and is numerically number 10, the perfect number (See Jodh and Yodh), or one.

CONVIENENT TIMING: KJV TRANSLATED 1611? LETTER "J" ADDED 1634? The first English-language book to make a clear distinction between I and J was published in 1634 (Ref). Its use in the English alphabet followed, the letter J was the last of the 26 letters to be added to the English Alphabet.

It's vitally important that you recognize some significant information about the letter "J". Please note that in the original 1611 edition of the King James Version of the Bible there was no letter "J" used. The letter "J" did not even exist in common usage within the English language. James was spelled Iames. Jesus was spelled Iesous.

It's predecessors were the letter "Y" and the letter "I". Each of these was "morphed" (altered) into the letter "J" at some point, based on human traditions. This was mankind's alteration of YAHWEH's Word. This involved a virtually complete rejection and replacement of the Hebrew letter "Y". In the Hebrew alphabet there is no letter “J”, and no “J” sound.

The references below demonstrate very clearly that biblical names beginning with "J" are a corruption of the Hebrew "Y" and its accompanying sound.. Unfortunately, using the letter "J" creates a perversion of The Scriptures because of the way we use that letter today. If we would pronounce them as a "Y" we would be closer to the correct sound. But few people today even recognize that this is a possibility. As a result, they are misleading, and cause confusion when trying to properly understand The Scriptures. We would do well to change them to "Y"'s, which would more then follow the original Hebrew letters used in these words.

This is most certainly true in the case of "Jehovah" and "Jesus". Both of these words are improper transliterations of the original Hebrew. The proper personal names are YAHWEH, for the Father, and YAHSHUA, for the Son. Jehovah and Jesus should be corrected to these proper names. As they stand now, they are corruptions of the original. If we are going to truly “honor and praise the NAME" of The Creator, we need to know His correct name. The same is true of His Son. Once we know the proper personal names of YAHWEH and YAHUSHUA we need to use them as they were intended to be used. This is also true of every other name in The Scriptures that begins with the letter "J" in our modern bible translations.

The Encyclopedia Americana contains the following on the J: The form of J was unknown in any alphabet until the 14th century. Either symbol (J,I) used initially generally had the consonantal sound of Y as in year. Gradually, the two symbols (J,l) were differentiated, the J usually acquiring consonantal force and thus becoming regarded as a consonant, and the I becoming a vowel. It was not until 1630 that the differentiation became general in England.

And what happened to the Y? After the Roman conquest of Greece in the first century B.C., the Romans began to use some Greek words. They added the Greek Y to the Latin alphabet to accommodate these new additions to their vocabulary. But the sound value given to Y by the Greeks was unknown in the Latin language; when the Romans used it in adopted Greek words it took on the same sound as the letter I.

The letter J has a history that is linked with the history of the letter I. The Romans and their European successors used I both for the vocalic i and for the consonantal y (as in the English word yet). The English letter J did not come into existence until the end of medieval times, when scribes began to use a tailed form of i, with or without the dot, next to the short form of i.

J originated as a swash character to end some Roman numerals in place of i. There was an emerging distinctive use in Middle High German. Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550) was the first to explicitly distinguish I and J as representing separate sounds.

English J, acquired from the French J has a sound value quite different from /j/ (which represents the sound in the English word "yet"). Latin pronunciation, as taught, was changed and the letter j, representing consonantal i, as it had been introduced to the language, was no longer pronounced as soft g, but as y. As a result of this and other pronunciation changes which were introduced, Iulius (or Julius) Caesar was no longer pronounced jooleeus seezar but yuleeus kizar.

So basically, it is probably incorrect to say that j is exactly the same as i in both ancient and medieval Latin. More correctly, there was simply no such letter as j. The letter j made its appearance  in other languages to serve different purposes. In modern Dutch, the combination ij is used to indicate the long i sound, so it is being used as a vowel. As in all vernacular languages, spelling was not standardized in the medieval period and a range of variants appeared.

The only words in Italian beginning with j are 20th century modernisms like jazz or jet. The soft g is rendered with gi in such words as giustizia. In Spanish, j represents an h sound, but in written form the words may appear closer to their Latin roots than the Italian. French, of course, uses j for the very soft g sound in such words as je and jeune.

The word je in a late 14th century French document in a cursive hand shows j as a large letter which resembles a capital.  In a late 15th or early 16th century French language book of hours, the word je is written with an i for j.  French was also spoken and written as a vernacular in England, albeit one which was diverging from the French of France. This word jours from a late 14th century French language document from England also uses i for j. The letter j is not particularly common in English. In late medieval writings it might take the form of a minuscule i or a capital I, in which case words beginning with i were often also adorned with a capital.

The letter j can be seen to be a Johnny-come-lately of the medieval alphabet, and had not quite established itself by the end of the period we are looking at here. It came to represent different sounds in different vernacular languages.

Letter I. - The ninth letter in the English, the tenth in the Hebrew alphabet. As a numeral it signifies in both languages one, and also ten in the Hebrew (see J), in which it corresponds to the Divine name Jah, the male side, or aspect, of the hermaphrodite being, or the male-female Adam, of which hovah Jah-hovah) is the female aspect. It is symbolized by a hand with bent fore-finger, to show its phallic signification.

The letters I and J follow each other in the alphabet and look a lot alike. So it comes as no surprise to discover that our ninth and tenth letters started out as the same character.

In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah 

(Psalms 44:8 NKJ)

I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever. (Psalms 45:17 NKJ)

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it." ‘(Revelation 2:17 NKJ)

And I looked, and, lo , a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father's name written in their foreheads. (Revelation 14:1 KJV)

In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jeremiah 23:6 KJV)

And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD. (Revelation 19:13 KJV)

And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.  (Revelation 22:4 KJV)

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in His name, saith the LORD.  (Zechariah 10:12 KJV)

His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed . (Psalms 72:17 KJV)

 

And ye were now turned, and had done right in My sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before Me in the House which is called by My name: (Jeremiah 34:15 KJV)

 

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

(Micah 4:5 KJV)

 

And in His name shall the Gentiles trust. 

(Matthew 12:21 KJV)

“AbraYA” rather than “Hebrews. ―AbraYAHUW‖ whyrba means ―AbrAHam‘s seed who worship YA/YAHUW/YAHUWAH.‖

 

“YAsarel” rather than “Israel” or “Yisrael”. ―YA-sar-el‖ means ―Almighty YA reigns/ is The Ruler.‖

 

“YArushalem” rather than “Yerushalom” or “Jerusalem” ―Shalem‖ means complete or fully, ―Shalom‖ means ―peace,‖ ―ru‖ is for ―ruwm‖ meaning exalted. So who is exalted, ―YA‖ or ―Ye‖ or ―Je‖?
 

AmaniYA (We trust in YAHUWAH)….instead of Amen.

• Exodus 15:2 CJB

  Yah is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. This is my God: I will glorify Him; my father's (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--Israel) God: I will exalt Him.
  

• Exodus 17:16 CJB

  and said, "Because their hand was against the Throne of Yah, ADONAI will fight 'Amalek generation after generation."
  

• Psalms 68:4 CJB

  Sing to God, sing praises to His name; extol Him who rides on the clouds by His name, Yah; and be glad in His presence.
  

• Psalms 68:18 CJB

  After you went up into the heights, you led captivity captive, you took gifts among mankind, yes, even among the rebels, so that Yah, God, might live there.
  

• Psalms 77:11 CJB

  So I will remind myself of Yah's doings; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
  

• Psalms 89:8 CJB

  ADONAI Elohei-Tzva'ot! Who is as mighty as You, Yah? Your faithfulness surrounds You.
  

• Psalms 94:7 CJB

  They say, "Yah isn't looking; the God of Ya'akov (Jacob--Abraham's grandson) won't notice."
  

• Psalms 94:12 CJB

  How happy the man whom you correct, Yah, whom you teach from your Torah (Holy Scriptures),
  

• Psalms 118:5 CJB

  From my being hemmed in I called on Yah; He answered and gave me more room.
  
  

  
  
        Yah is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
  (Psalms 118:14 CJB)
   
  
  
       
        I will not die; no, I will live and proclaim the great deeds of Yah!
  (Psalms 118:17 CJB)
   
  
  
      
        Yah disciplined me severely, but did not hand me over to death.
  ( Psalms 118:18 CJB)
   
    
       
        Open the gates of righteousness for me; I will enter them and thank Yah.
  (Psalms 118:19 CJB)
   
   
  
  
        Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai (Lord), could stand?
  (Psalms 130:3 CJB)
   
  
  
       
        praise Yah, for ADONAI (The LORD) is good; sing to His name, because it is pleasant.
  (Psalms 135:3 CJB)
   
    
       
        For Yah chose Ya'akov (Jacob--NAME CHANGE TO ISRAEL BY GOD) for Himself, Isra'el (THE CHILDREN OF JACOB--INCLUDING 'JUDAH') as His own unique treasure.
  (Psalms 135:4 CJB)
   
  
  
       
        [She] Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, passion (jealousy) as cruel as Sh'ol (the grave); its flashes (coals of fire) are flashes of fire, a most {vehement flame}, [as fierce as the] flame of Yah.
  (Song of Solomon 8:6 CJB)
   
  
  
  
  
        "See! God is my salvation. I am confident and unafraid; for Yah, ADONAI is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation!"
  (Isaiah 12:2 CJB)
   
    
  
  
        Trust in ADONAI forever, because in Yah ADONAI, is a Rock of Ages."
  (Isaiah 26:4 CJB)