What is Hallelujah, and why does it get sung at Easter?
‘Hallelujah’ is Hebrew for “Praise the Lord”. It’s a cry of happiness, respect and celebration used as a form of worship. “Hallelujah” is used during Easter services to sing of the victory of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. It captures the Christian faith in the victory over death and sin, on Easter Sunday. It is an overwhelming, exultant cry of adoration, acknowledging the primary event of Christianity: the resurrection of Jesus. “Hallelujah” appears on a number of hymns, choruses and in Easter services to gather the believers in song and to rejoice in the hope, renewal and salvation that is the resurrection. Using the word more and more every year on Easter is a staple of the services and it signifies the hebridity and spiritual intensity of the holiday.