Yeshivish glossary term
teruah
תרועה
Meaning
- rapid broken shofar blast pattern
Alternate spellings
terua
Usage and context
One of the standard shofar sounds on Rosh Hashanah.
- Category
- Rosh Hashanah
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
The baal tokeia repeated the teruah.
Plain-English example
The shofar blower repeated the rapid broken sound.