Hallelujah ( ) is a transliteration of the Hebrew word (Modern halleluya, Tiberian halləlûyāh), which is composed of two elements: (second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb hallal: an exhortation to "praise" addressed to several people) and (the names of God Jah or Yah).

Hallelujah is a Hebrew word meaning "Praise ye Jehovah".