רוּעַ I (b. h.; cmp. רָעַע) to strike against; to shake.
Hif. - הֵרִיעַ (cmp. תָּקַע) to produce a tremulous sound; (b. h. also to shout); to blow the horn. Sot. 42ᵇ מגיפין ומְרִיעִין וכ׳ the gentile troops shut their cuirasses with noise, blow their horns, shout and tramp; Yalk. Deut. 923; a. e.—Esp. to sound a תְּרוּעָה, to blow tremolo. Succ. V, 4 תקעו והֵרִיעוּ ותקעו they sounded the plain note (תקיעה), and the tremolo, and the plain note. R. Hash. IV, 9 תוקע ומֵרִיעַ וכ׳ he sounds a T’ḳiʿa, a Truʿah &c. Ib. 16ᵃ sq. למה תוקעין ומריעין וכ׳ why do we blow the Shofar in plain notes and tremolo while seated and then again while standing? Taan. 16ᵇ (at a public fast) חזן … הָרִיעוּ בני אהרן הֵרִיעוּ the superintendent of the prayer meeting says, sound the Truʿah, sons of Aaron; they do so. R. Hash. 16ᵇ כל שנה … מריעין לה בסופה if people neglect to sound the Shofar in the beginning of the year (on New Year’s Day), they will sound the Truʿah for it at its end (on public fast days on account of calamities); a. fr.—V. תָּרע.