Origin of OORAH

[Cole11]

Im trying to find the origin of OORAH, I heard that it was Hebrew for "Awaken"
I was wondering if anyone could verify that.

Poolee Cole

[CPLRapoza]

There are so many differnet stories behind it, the true origin will probally never be know. Like I was told that it was Japanese for "to kill", so you never know

[firstsgtmike]

If you do a search here at leatherneck, you will find several answers to your question.

[thedrifter]

Research........A Great teaching tool in Life......

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The Drifter

[acts837]

I was also told that it meant "kill."

[GySgtRet]

I asked this same question or made a comment with OOORAH...!!!! I wish I could remeber who asked me what I thought that it meant and where he is. He replied after a couple of posting with. During the second world war when a submarine would go to the surface it would send out a warning. (I don't remeber which side German or American) anyway the horn sounded like an old fashioned OOHGA OOOHGA horn. The MArine Corps addapted this or atleast some adapted this as a motivational yell.

[Seeley]

If I remember correctly there was something on the History channel where they covered this. They also covered Gung Ho among other things. Don't remember what OORAH stood for though. I just hope it doesn't turn into the Army's HOOAH. They say it after every sentence. Drives me nuts.

[CPL-Mac]

I tend to believe the Recon origin of Ohhrah.

As far as Hooah, they use it more as a "Do you understand what I'm trying to tell you?".

"Now yu'll know yur not suppose to shoot each other, hooah?"

I don't think they're advanced enough for a battle cry.

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by Cole11
Im trying to find the origin of OORAH, I heard that it was Hebrew for "Awaken"
I was wondering if anyone could verify that.

Poolee Cole

In the Psalms, the Biblical hebrew word for "Awaken" is translated "Awake up"




Ps 57:8
Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.



that word in Hebrew is "Uwraah"

from

`uwr (oor); a primitive root meaning through the idea of opening the eyes; to wake (literally or figuratively):

(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

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