# hallelujah (הַלְלוּ־יָהּ)

pronounced: ha-le-loo-YAH


**“Praise Yah!” — a plural call to praise God that ends in the short form of his name; the Psalms close with it, and heaven sings it in Revelation 19**

## In Scripture

> Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
> — Psalm 150:6 (The last line of the Psalter: everything that has breath is called to praise.)

> Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.
> — Psalm 113:1 (The Hallel, the psalms sung at Passover, opens with the same call.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/hallelujah/