# tekiah (תְּקִיעָה)

pronounced: te-kee-AH


**A single clear, sustained sound in the later Rosh HaShanah shofar sequence**

## In Scripture

> “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
> — Leviticus 23:24 (Traditional background — the Torah commands the memorial of sound; sustained tekiah was defined later.)

> But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
> — Numbers 10:7 (Root component — blow uses t-q-ʿ, the root of tekiah, and is distinguished from teruah; these are silver trumpets, not shofars.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/tekiah/