Hallelujah w/ Hebrew(?) lyrics... cover or rewrite?

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HelenOE
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Hallelujah w/ Hebrew(?) lyrics... cover or rewrite?

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Can someone who knows Hebrew (I THINK it's Hebrew) explain what's going on with this? Boi Kallah By the fact that it's identified as being sung at a "chuppah" I assume it's being used as a wedding song...?
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Re: Hallelujah w/ Hebrew(?) lyrics... cover or rewrite?

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Boi - come, kallah - bride. Come bride.
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Re: Hallelujah w/ Hebrew(?) lyrics... cover or rewrite?

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Thank you!
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