# Hallelujah ## Ignatius Catholic Study Bible *Hallelujah* ([[revelation-19#^revelation-19-1|Rev 19:1, 3, 4, 6]]) - *Hallēluia* (Gk.): A transliteration of two Hebrew terms meaning \"Praise the Lord!\" It occurs only four times in the NT but is often used in the OT as a liturgical acclamation, especially in the Psalter. Certain psalms, for instance, are framed by this expression, which serves as an opening and closing line (Ps 135, 146-50). It is also a recurrent acclamation in the Hallel Psalms that were traditionally sung during the Jewish Passover meal (Ps 113-18). Some scholars thus maintain that the Passover liturgy is the background of the repeated \"Hallelujah\" in [[revelation-19#^revelation-19-1|Rev 19:1-6]], since the song builds up to the \"marriage supper of the Lamb\" ([[revelation-19#^revelation-19-9|Rev 19:9]]). This is the triumphal banquet celebrated by the redeemed of the new Exodus, saved by the blood of Christ, the new Passover Lamb ([[revelation-05#^revelation-05-6|Rev 5:6-10]]; [[revelation-15#^revelation-15-2|15:2-3]]). The \"Hallelujah\" has since passed into the liturgical vocabulary of the Church, where the Eucharist is celebrated as a memorial of the new Exodus accomplished through Christ (CCC 1340). ### Source [[27-revelation-commentary#^6hlj07|Hallelujah — word study]]