- הַתְרָעָה
- הַתְרָעָהf. (הָּרַע, Hif.) sounding the alarm on public fast-days (with the Shofar and prayer עֲנֵינוּ). Taan.14a.Pl. הַתְרָעוֹת. Ib br/> p style="font-weight:bold; font-size:16pt; margin-top:72pt; text-align:center;" lang="en-US"> p style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:18pt; text-indent:18pt;" lang="en-US"> ו וVav, the sixth letter of the Alphabet. It interchanges wit ב, as אִיסְטְבָא a. אִיסְטְיָוא, a. fr.; v. letter ב; also with ע as וָתִיק a. b. h. עָתֵק (v. יֶסֶה); v. also letter י. In inflections ו interchanges with, and is the equivalent of י. (To give ו the value of a consonant, וו is frequently used for ו, as וֶסֶת and וֶוסֶת.For lexicographical purposes ignore the second ו in words beginning with וו.As a vowel sign u or o (וּ, וֹ). In words of foreign derivation וּ (u) is frequently inserted where the originals have a, as גוּלְיָיר for galearis
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.