What Hebrew word names the three short shofar blasts?

The Hebrew word for the three short shofar blasts is Shevarim.

Shevarim is a sequence of three connected, medium-length sounds on the shofar. The name is related to the idea of breaking or shattering, and the pattern is often compared symbolically with a person’s broken-hearted sighing or sobbing. It is distinct from tekiah, the single sustained note, and teruah, usually a rapid series of very short blasts.

On Rosh Hashanah, shevarim is used in several standard combinations. One is tekiah-shevarim-tekiah, known by the mnemonic TaShaT. Another is tekiah-shevarim-teruah-tekiah, or TaShRaT. These patterns reflect rabbinic efforts to address uncertainty about the precise form of the biblical teruah.

The number and exact duration of the sounds follow established communal traditions. In many Ashkenazi and Sephardic practices, shevarim consists of three longer notes, each roughly equivalent in duration to three very short teruah notes. That timing helps distinguish it from both neighboring shofar sounds.