--- title: רוּעַ — raise a shout · The Tanakh dictionary description: רוּעַ (7321), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: raise a shout. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7321.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)‎ / רוּעַ‎ # רוּעַ «רוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raise a shout** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 44 times · **Key:** 7321 · **BDB:** רוּעַ ### Glosses shout.for.joy (7); they.shouted (6); shout (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) raise a shout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7321/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.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) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7321/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/) 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.81.2/) 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. - ← previous: [רון](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e8_5d5_5df.md) - next →: [רוּץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7323.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)