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תְּקִיעָה

tekiah

pronounced te-kee-AH

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

also written: teki'ah

In Scripture World English Bible

“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.

Taught in

A figure sounding the shofar, ivory woodcut on a deep pomegranate field

Rosh Hashanah: The Sound That Interrupts Us

Full guide: 10 min · 7 chapters · 20 Hebrew words Two ivory goats facing opposite directions in an indigo wilderness, illustrated in a woodcut style

Yom Kippur: Once for All

Full guide: 12 min · 7 chapters · 24 Hebrew words

Nearby words

rosh hashanahרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה tishreiתִּשְׁרֵי yom teruahיוֹם תְּרוּעָה zikhron teruahזִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה teruahתְּרוּעָה shofarשׁוֹפָר

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Hebrew words
  • ראש השנה rosh hashanah “Head of the year” — the later Jewish name…
  • תשרי tishrei The later name of the Torah's seventh month;…
  • תקיעה tekiah A single clear, sustained sound in the later…
  • יום תרועה yom teruah “Day of teruah” — the wording Numbers 29:1…
  • זכרון תרועה zikhron teruah A remembrance or memorial of teruah — the…