Yeshivish glossary term
tekiah
תקיעה
Meaning
- single sustained shofar blast
Alternate spellings
tekia
Usage and context
One of the principal shofar sounds used on Rosh Hashanah.
- Category
- Rosh Hashanah
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The first sound is a tekiah.
Plain-English example
The first shofar sound is a single sustained blast.