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# רוּעַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7321

**raise a shout** — used 44 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

raise a shout [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7321/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רוּעַ: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7321/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. 1. raise a shout. 2. give a blast with clarion or horn (NH id., Hiph.; Thes cp. Arabic رَغَا utter a grumbling cry);—Pf. 3 mpl. הֵרִיעוּ Ju 15:14; Ezr 3:11, הֵרֵעוּ 1 S 17:20, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָרִיעַ Is 42:13 ψ 41:12, וַיָ֫רַע Jos 6:20, etc.; Imv. fs. הָרִיעִי Zc 9:9; mpl. הָרִיעוּ Jos 6:10 +; Inf. cstr. הָרִיעַ 2 Ch 13:12, 15; Pt. pl. מְרִיעִים Ezr 3:13;— shout a war-cry, or alarm of battle, Jos 6:10(×3), 16, 20 Ju 7:21; 1 S 17:52; Is 42:13; 2 Ch 13:15(×2); הריע תְּרוּעָה Jos 6:5, 20; לקראת Ju 15:14; בַּמִּלְחָמָה 1 S 17:20. sound a signal for war or march: c. חֲצֹצְרוֹת Nu 10:7, 9 (P); ‖ תקע שׁוֹפָר Ho 5:8, cf. Jo 2:1; c. על against 2 Ch 13:12; so also prob. Jb 30:5 (against a thief). shout in triumph over enemies: c. עַל, Je 50:15 ψ 41:12; abs. Zp 3:14 (‖ רנן). shout in applause: abs. 1 S 10:24; Zc 9:9, cf. (of angels) Jb 38:7. shout with religious impulse: הר׳ תְּרוּעָה 1 S 4:5; Ezr 3:11, 13; so in public worship with music and sacrifice, c. לְ, to God ψ 47:2; 66:1; 81:2; 95:1, 2; 98:4; 100:1, לפני 98:6; in joy, תַּחְתִּיּוֹת אֶרֶץ Is 44:23 (‖ רָנּוּ שָׁמַיִם). cry out in distress, Is 15:4 (but Du Bu יָֽרְעוּ tremble); לָמָּה תָרִיעִי רֵ֑עַ Mi 4:9 (of Zion under fig. of woman, but perhaps read למה תָּרוֹעִי רֹעַ why art thou broken all to pieces? as Pr 11:15). Impf. 3 ms. impers. לאֹ יְרֹעָ֑ע Is 16:10 a shout shall not be uttered (of joy in harvest; ‖ יְרֻנָּ֖ן). Impf. 1 s. אֶתְרוֹעָ֑ע ψ 108:10; 3 mpl. יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ 65:14; Imv. fs. הִתְרוֹעָ֑עִי 60:10;— shout in triumph: c. על ψ 60:10 (subj. Phil.; iron.) ‖ 108:10 (subj. י׳). shout for joy, ψ 65:14 (meadows, valleys; ‖ שׁיר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: shout for joy (7); they shouted (6); shout (4).

## In the verses

[Job 30:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/#tree)

מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* from \[the\].community they.are.driven.away people.shout on them like (the) thief

*JPS 1917:* They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.

[Psalms 81:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.2/#tree)

הַ֭רְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* sing.for.joy to God strength our shout.for.joy to the.God of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7321.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7321/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).