Hallelujah, Halleluyah and the Latin form Alleluia are transliterations of the Hebrew word הַלְּלוּיָהּ (Standard Halleluya, Tiberian Halləlûyāh) meaning "Praise (הַלְּלוּ) Jehovah" or "Praise Yahweh" (from the first two letters of the Tetragrammaton יהוה) (יָהּ) and is similar to the Arabic ...