text: what does halaluya mean?   * hallelujah, a religious word     * hallelujah (song), by leonard cohen, whose original has been covered by several other artists, notably jeff buckley     * "hallelujah", a song by prefab sprout     * "hallelujah", a song by rammstein     * "hallelujah chorus", a famous movement from handel's messiah     * "hallelujah", a song performed by milk & honey and gali atari, winner of the 1979 eurovision song contest     * "halleluhwah", a song from can's 1971 album tago mago     * hallelujah! a 1929 film directed by king vidor and starring nina mae mckinney     * hallelujah football club, from south korea.  hallelujah, halleluyah, or alleluia, is a transliteration of the hebrew word הַלְּלוּיָהּ meaning "[let us] praise jah (yah) (sometimes rendered as "praise [the] lord or god"). it is found mainly in the book of psalms. it has been accepted into the english language. the word is used in judaism as part of the hallel prayers.