Alarm
Alarm
(, teruah’, a loud sound or shout, as often), a broken quivering sound of the silver trumpets of the Hebrew, warning them in their journey in the wilderness (Num 10:5-6; comp. Lev 23:24; Lev 25:9). When the people or the rulers were to be assembled together, the trumpet was blown softly; when the camps were to move forward, or the people to march to war, it was sounded with a deeper note (Jahn, Bibl. Archaeol. 95, 5). Hence a warnote or call to arms, or other public exigency in general (Jer 4:19; Jer 49:2; Zep 1:16). SEE TRUMPET.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Alarm
a particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2; Zeph. 1:16).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Alarm
a-larm ( , teruah): This expression is found six times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a verb meaning to shout or blow a horn, as a signal for breaking up camp, starting on a journey or into battle, or in triumphant shout over the defeat of enemies. In a few instances it is employed of a cry of despair or distress. The noun teruah translated alarm in Num 10:5 f refers to the signal given the people of Israel to start on their journey in the Wilderness. The passages in Jer (Jer 4:19; Jer 49:2) both refer to the summons for war. The same is true of Zep 1:16.
The law concerning the sounding of the alarm is fully stated in Num 10:1-10. Here we read that two silver trumpets of beaten work were sounded by the sons of Aaron in case of war and also in the day of … gladness to gather the people together for the various feasts, new moons, sacrifices and offerings.