Can someone have the name Haleluka

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Can someone’s Hebrew name be halleluka or would that be problematic?

Someone mentioned to me that it would be, but I couldn’t find any source for it.

Do you remember anything at all about the reason? Was it just the worry about the Shem? — Rabbi Kaii, Dec 28 '23 at 21:04
Somewhat related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/49250/ . See also P'sachim 117a. — Fred, Dec 29 '23 at 18:05

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '23 at 20:58

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If they're combined as one name I don't see why it should be any different than say מיכאל, גבריאל, רפאל etc

answered Dec 28 '23 at 20:58

Nahum

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Yeshaya (15 chars) – Rabbi Kaii Dec 28 '23 at 21:03
@RabbiKaii is it ever spelled without the ו at the end ? – Nahum Dec 28 '23 at 21:07
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Uriya, neriya, aviya, yedidya, gedaliya... – Lo ani Dec 28 '23 at 21:28
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Obadya, Yirmeyah... – Aaron Dec 29 '23 at 00:01
@Nahum yuppp ;) – Curious Yid Dec 29 '23 at 00:50
@CuriousYid are you concurring with my answer or responding to my comment about ישעיה? If the latter are you saying it is or is not spelled w/o a ו? Because I ran a search and it doesn't look like it is ever spelled w/o it . . https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/3470 – Nahum Dec 29 '23 at 01:34
@Nahum Regarding "ישעיה" w/o a 'ו': In the link you bring, I see 4 places it's brought w/o a ו at the end (you can see them by checking "וִישַׁעְיָה" and "יְשַׁעְיָה" in the "בחר צורות" side-panel): Ezra 8:7, ibid. v. 19, Nechemyah 11:7 and Divrei_HaYamim I 3:21. – Tamir Evan Dec 29 '23 at 07:07
@TamirEvan Good eye there Tamir however I'm pretty sure that Rabbi Kaii was only referring to the well known prophet ישעיהו בן אמוץ, those verses apparently refer to other folks . . – Nahum Dec 29 '23 at 14:18

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '24 at 20:37

I just came across a Rabbi that was actually named מהללאל הללויה!

He wrote a sefer on the Torah called קודש הלולים among other writings one of which was actually called ספר הללויה

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