יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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Isaac Fried
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יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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We read there:
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ מִקְרָא קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ יוֹם תְּרוּעָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם
KJV: "And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you."
The purpose of this blowing: to mark the midpoint of the year and to synchronize the calendar.

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Re: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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Notice this:
‪‬רוּעַ RUA, 'scream, blast, exclaim, vocally tremulate, ululate'
רוֹעַ ROA, 'evil'
רֵעַ REA, 'friend'
all from the single root ר R.

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Saboi

Re: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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The single-word תרועה translates "Blowing the Trumpet".

תרועה "shepherd's pipe"
- σῦριγξ, τίτυρος , συριστής
- קרא , צרה , חצר, חצצרות , κραυγή
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Re: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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τίτυρος שוֹר, תוֹר, שעיר
σῦριγξ שריקה
συριστής משורר
κραυγή חריקה
Non onomatopeic.

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Re: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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Ah, should be none.

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The Septuagint reads תרועה as κραυγῆς in Zephaniah 1:16 "trumpet and alarm "
שופר ו תרועה : σάλπιγγος καὶ κραυγῆς

σῦριγξ is שרק / משרוק " Daniel 3:5"

It would be interesting to go through all the musical instruments and terms.

The Lyre was invented by Hermes according too Greeks, from the shell of a tortoise called χελῶναι in Greek and גלים in Hebrew
and the arms were made from the wood of the Palm tree.

παλμός/תמר "Palm"
ψαλμός/זמר "Psalm"
φοῖνιξ/כנור "Lyre, Harp"
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Re: יוֹם תְּרוּעָה YOM TRUAH, Nu. 29:1

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It is interesting, (because of limit knowledge I can not personally verify it) that the Septuagint reads תרועה as κραυγῆς, namely 'a hoot, a croak', not as a name of any blowing instrument.

KJV translates Zephaniah 1:16 as "A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.", while NIV translates it, more mundanely, as "a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers."

Corresponding to שופר $OPAR, spoken Hebrew has צוֹפר COPAR, 'siren, horn', and then the horn blowing sound צפירה CPIYRAH (a common source of road rage and bloody noses); Nothing to do, methinks, with ציפוֹר CIYPOR, 'bird'.

We will think about the biblical instrument names,

Isaac Fried, Boston University
Saboi

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These are the words i found for the various musical terms.

κέρας/קרנ/חרש "Horn/Cornet"
κῆρυξ/כרוז/כרב "Heron"
συμφωνία/סומפניה/שמשון " wind instrument, drum"
μοῦσ/מעוז "Music, Song"
μουσικός/משיח/מעוז שיח "Musical"
Σειρήν / שיר ענה "Musical sparrow, Siren"
φωνή/ענה/Benu "Sound, Tone"
στρουθίον /צפור "Sparrow"
ἠχώ/הגה "Echo"

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