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tekiah gedolah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
teki-ah gedolah
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely long blast of the shofar, the final blast in the ceremony.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תקיעה גדולה

Questions

What does tekiah gedolah mean?
An extremely long blast of the shofar, the final blast in the ceremony.
Where does tekiah gedolah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew תקיעה גדולה

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