Lexical Definition

‎יוֹבֵל‎ yôwbêl (yo-bale') jubilee/horn ^H:N-M
or יֹבֵל yôbêl (yob-ale'); apparently from ‎יָבַל‎

jubile, ram's horn, trumpet.

• the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound)
• specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets
• hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced

1) ram, ram's horn, trumpet, cornet
1a) ram (only in combination)
1a1) ram's horn, trumpet
1b) jubilee year (marked by the blowing of cornets) (meton)

See Greek: ἄφεσις · ἱερός · σάλπιγξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יוֺבֵל‎, ‎יֹבֵל‎ noun masculine^{Num 36:4} ram, ram's horn, cornet (Phoenician ‎יבל‎ ram; compare Di Lev 25:10 Dl^{Pr 124}) — absolute ‎יוֺבֵל‎ Josh 6:5 + 7 t.; ‎יֹבֵל‎ Exod 19:13 + 13 t.; plural ‎יוֺבְלִים‎ Josh 6:4 + 2 t.; ‎יֹבְלִים‎ Josh 6:13 —

1. ram, only in combination: ‎׳‎‎בִּמְשֹׁךְ בְּקֶרֶן הַיּ‎ Josh 6:5 the ram's horn, as wind-instrument; so ‎שׁוֺפְרוֺת(ה)י(ו)בלים‎ Josh 6:4; Josh 6:6; Josh 6:8; Josh 6:13 rams' horns (see Benz^{Archäol. 276}); ‎יֹבֵל‎ alone, ‎בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל‎ Exod 19:13 at the sounding of the ram ('s horn).

2. designation of 50th year, marked by blowing of cornets, AV 'jubile' (so Late Hebrew ‎יוֺבֵל‎, ᵑ7 ‎יובֵילָא‎, as loan-word); originally no doubt ‎שְׁנַת הַיּוֺבֵל‎ year of the ram ('s horn), as Lev 25:13; Lev 25:28; Lev 25:40; Lev 25:50; Lev 25:52; Lev 25:54 (all H), Lev 27:17; Lev 27:18; Lev 27:23; Lev 27:24 (all P), but then, without ‎שׁנת‎, as ‎יוֺבֵל הִוא תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם‎ Lev 25:10 a ram ('s horn blowing) shall it be to you; so vLev 25:11 vLev 25:12 vLev 25:15 vLev 25:28 vLev 25:30 vLev 25:31 vLev 25:33 (all H), Lev 27:18; Num 36:4 (both P).

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