# teruah (תְּרוּעָה)

pronounced: te-roo-AH


**A shout, alarm, acclamation, or signal; in later shofar practice, a cluster of short trembling sounds**

## In Scripture

> “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
> — Numbers 29:1 (The command names the teruah but does not identify the instrument that makes it)

> When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
> — Numbers 10:5 (Teruah as the urgent signal that sets a camp in motion)


## 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/teruah/