| 词源 |
hallelujah. According to an Italian folktale the word hallelu- jah was born when three Roman legionnaires—a Roman, a Piedmontese from northern Italy, and a German—were guard- ing Christ’s body in the sepulchre after His crucifixion. When Christ rose from the dead the Roman exclaimed Ha!, the Pied- mont man cried L’e lii! (“It’s him!”), and the German shouted Ja!—which gave us Hallelujah. But, as good as the story is, hal- lelujah derives from the Hebrew hallelu-yah, “praise ye Yahweh.” |