תרועה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ו־ע (r-w-ʿ)

A verbal noun related to הֵרִיעַ (hería').

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /təruːˈʕaː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /təruːˈʕɔː/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈtʁu.ə/, (careful) /t(ə)ʁuˈɔ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /teruˈʕa/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taruʕɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tʁuˈ(ʔ)a/

Noun

תְּרוּעָה • (t'ru'á) f (plural indefinite תְּרוּעוֹת)

1. shout, cry
2. blast (such as of a horn or trumpet) resembling the sound of crying
3. (Judaism) teruah; a short blast of a shofar
   1. (Judaism) a series of short blasts of a shofar
   2. (Judaism, specifically) a series of at least nine very short blasts of a shofar

Coordinate terms

• (teruah): תְּקִיעָה (t'ki'á), שְׁבָרִים (sh'varím)

Derived terms

• תְּרוּעַת חֲצוֹצְרָה (tru'át khatsotsrá)

Descendants

• English: teruah

References

• H8643 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible