Midvash

רוּעַrûwaʻ

Hiph`il: id., utter a grumbling cry (Judges 15:14; Ezra 3:11; 1 Samuel 17:20)

Pronunciation: roo-ah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7321

Meanings

1. raise a shout

2. give a blast, with clarion or horn

1. shout a war-cry, or alarm of battle (Joshua 6:10; Joshua 6:16; Joshua 6:20)

2. sound a signal for war or march (Numbers 10:7; Numbers 10:9; Hosea 5:8)

3. shout in triumph (Jeremiah 50:15; Psalms 41:12; Zephaniah 3:14)

4. shout in applause (1 Samuel 10:24; Zechariah 9:9; Job 38:7)

5. shout, with religious impulse (1 Samuel 4:5; Ezra 3:11; Ezra 3:13)

6. cry out in distress (Isaiah 15:4; Micah 4:9; Proverbs 11:15)

Hithpo`lel

1. shout in triumph (Psalms 60:10; Psalms 108:10)

2. shout for joy (Psalms 65:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 44 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 10:7 But when you call the people to an assembly, blow the trumpets with a different signal.
  • Numbers 10:9 “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies.
  • Joshua 6:5 When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”
  • Joshua 6:10 “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
  • Joshua 6:16 The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the town!
  • Joshua 6:20 When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).