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hallelujah

A two-word Hebrew cry from the Psalms — 'praise Yah!' — that Greek and Latin turned into alleluia; English later went back to the Hebrew and respelled it hallelujah, and missionaries carried both forms from Swahili to Korean.

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The road to English

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Russian

From Biblical Hebrew to Arabic

From Biblical Hebrew to German

From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew

From Late Latin to Old French, French

From Late Latin to Italian

From Late Latin to Spanish

From Late Latin to Portuguese

From Late Latin to Polish

From English to Swahili

From Biblical Hebrew to Japanese

From Biblical Hebrew to Korean

500 BCEBiblical Hebrew

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Russian

From Biblical Hebrew to Korean

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