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"Hallelujah" was the host country entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem, performed by Milk & Honey.

It won the Contest with 123 points, giving the country its second victory as well as its second in a row. However, the next Contest would not be hosted by the winning country as they would withdraw due to financial reasons.

The song was performed by Gali Atari at the 2019 Contest in Tel Aviv to mark 40 years since its win.  She was joined onstage by winners Conchita Wurst and Måns Zelmerlöw and runners-up Eleni Foureira and Verka Serduchka.

Lyrics[]

Hallelujah la’olam
Hallelujah, yashiru kulam
Bemila achat bodeda halev male bahamon toda
Veholem gam hu: eize olam nifla

Hallelujah im hashir
Hallelujah al yom sheme’ir
Hallelujah al ma shehaya
Uma she’od lo haya, Hallelujah

Hallelujah la’olam
Hallelujah, yashiru kulam
Veha’inbalim hagdolim yehadhedu bahamon tslilim
Ve’itanu hem yomru Hallelujah

Hallelujah im hashir
Hallelujah al yom sheme’ir
Hallelujah al ma shehaya
Uma she’od lo haya, Hallelujah

Hallelujah al hakol
Halelu al machar ve’etmol
Hallelujah utnu yad beyad
Veshiru milev echad, Hallelujah

Hallelujah im hashir
Hallelujah al yom sheme’ir
Hallelujah al ma shehaya
Uma she’od lo haya, Hallelujah

Hallelujah al ma shehaya

Uma she’od lo haya, Hallelujah

Hallelujah to the world
Hallelujah, everyone will sing
With one single word the heart is filled with much gratitude
And it also pounds: what a wonderful world

Hallelujah with the song
Hallelujah for a day that shines
Hallelujah for all that has been
And all that is yet to come, Hallelujah

Hallelujah to the world
Hallelujah, everyone will sing
And the great bells will echo with many sounds
And with us they will say Hallelujah

Hallelujah with the song
Hallelujah for a day that shines
Hallelujah for all that has been
And all that is yet to come, Hallelujah

Hallelujah for everything
Praise tomorrow and yesterday
Hallelujah and hold each other’s hands
And sing from one heart, Hallelujah

Hallelujah with the song
Hallelujah for a day that shines
Hallelujah for all that has been
And all that is yet to come, Hallelujah

Hallelujah for all that has been

And all that is yet to come, Hallelujah

Videos[]

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Contests
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Miscellaneous
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Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Songs
"Hallelujah" • "Su canción" • "Je suis l'enfant soleil" • "Dschinghis Khan" • "Happy Man" • "Disco Tango" • "Mary Ann" • "Sokrati" • "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" • "Trödler und Co" • "Oliver" • "Colorado" • "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" • "Katson sineen taivaan" • "Raggio di luna" • "Notre vie c'est la musique" • "Satellit" • "Hey Nana" • "Heute in Jerusalem"
Performers
Milk & HoneyBetty MissiegoAnne-Marie DavidDschingis KhanCathal DunneTommy SeebachBlack LaceElpidaManuela BravoPeter, Sue & Marc, Pfuri, Gorps & KniriAnna SkorganXandraJeane MansonKatri HelenaMatia BazarLaurent VaguenerTed GärdestadMicha MaraChristina Simon
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