tekiah

noun

te·​ki·​ah

təˈkēə

plural tekioth or tekiot

təkēˈōt(h)

or tekiahs

: one of the long deep calls sounded on the shofar as prescribed in the Jewish ritual for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur compare teruah

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Etymology

Hebrew tĕqīʽāh

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