See also:

• HALLEL (Heb. 5;7 a Mishnic derivative from 5? hillel, " to praise ")

HALLEL (Heb. 5;7 a Mishnic derivative from 5? See also:

• HILLEL

hillel, " to praise ")  , •a See also:

• TERM

term in synagogal See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy for (a) See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms cxiii.-cxviii., often called " the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• HALLEL (Heb. 5;7 a Mishnic derivative from 5? hillel, " to praise ")

Hallel " because of its recitation during the See also:

• PASCHAL (Paschalis)

paschal See also:

• MEAL

meal on the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the See also:

• PASSOVER

Passover, (b) See also:

• PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

Psalm cxxxvi . " the See also:

• GREAT

Great Hallel." C . A . See also:

• BRIGGS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1841– )
• BRIGGS, HENRY (1556–1630)

Briggs 1 points out that the term " Hallelujah " (Praise ye Yah) is found at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of Pss. civ., cv., cxv., cxvi., cxvii., at the beginning of Pss. cxi., cxii. and at both ends of Pss. cvi., cxxxv., cxlvi. to cl . The See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint also gives it at the beginning of Pss. cv., cvii., cxiv., cxvi. to cxix.. cxxxvi . There are thus four See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of Hallel psalms:—civ.-cvii . (a tetralogy on creation, the patriarchal See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, the See also:

• EXODUS, BOOK OF
• EXODUS, THE

Exodus, and the Restoration); cxi.-cxvii. which includes most of the "Egyptian Hallel "; cxxxv.-cxxxvi.; cxlvi.-cl . All of these Hallels (except cxlvii. and cxlix. which are Maccabean) belong to the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, forming a collection of sixteen psalms composed for public use by the choirs, especially at the great feasts . Their See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution into four groups was the See also:

• WORK

work of the final editor of the psalter . Later liturgical use regarded Pss. cxviii. and even cxix. as Hallels, as well as Pss. cxx. to cxxxiv . It will be observed that the extent of the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official Hallel varied from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time . It would appear that in the time of See also:

• GAMALIEL (Se'So?)

Gamaliel 1 See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Commentary, " Psalms," Intro. lxxviii .

(Pesahim x . 5) the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of its recitation at the paschal meal was still of See also:

• RECENT

recent innovation . While the school of See also:

• SHAMMAI

Shammai advised only Ps. exiii., the school of See also:

• HILLEL

Hillel favoured Pss. cxiii. and cxiv.2 The further See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension so as to include Pss. cxv. to cxviii. probably See also:

• DATES

dates from the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D., and these four psalms were recited after the pouring out of the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, the two earlier ones being taken at the beginning of the meal . From the 3rd century the use of the Hallel was extended to other occasions, and was gradually incorporated into the liturgy of eighteen festal days . The " Great Hallel " (Ps. cxxxvi. and its later extension to cxx.-cxxxvi.) always served the wider purpose of a more See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general thanksgiving . According to See also:

• RABBI

Rabbi Johanan it derived its name from the allusion in v . 25 to the See also:

• HOLY

Holy One who sits in See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and thence distributes See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food to all his creatures .