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רוּעַ

ru.a

to shout

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Strong’s H7321Verb44 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

shout for joy7

they shouted6

shout4

you will give an alarm2

they shouted a war cry2

let us shout for joy2

they will shout1

you must shout1

In the text

Numbers 10:7תָרִיעוּ
To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
Joshua 6:10הָרִיעוּ
But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
1 Samuel 4:5וַיָּרִעוּ
When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
2 Chronicles 13:12לְהָרִיעַ
Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
Psalm 47:1הָרִיעוּ
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
Isaiah 15:4יָרִיעוּ
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[רוּעַ] vb. Hiph. 40 1. raise a shout. 2. give a blast with clarion or horn

Pō‛lal. a shout shall not be uttered

Hithpō‛l.

1. shout in triumph

2. shout for joy

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.