Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹפָר‎ shôwphâr (sho-far') trumpet ^H:N-M
or שֹׁפָר shôphâr (sho-far'); from ‎שָׁפַר‎ in the original sense of incising

cornet, trumpet.

• a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn

1) horn, ram's horn

See Greek: εὐτόνως · σάλπιγξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֹׁפָר‎, ‎שׁוֺפָר‎₇₂ noun masculine^{Isa 27:13} horn, for blowing (Aramaic ‎שׁיפורא‎ √ dubious; CAdler^{PAOS 1889, Clxxi ff.} compare Assyrian šappar(u) a species of wild goat; in any case the ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ is a curved horn, as of cow or ram, compare Dr^{Amos 2:2} (with illustrations)); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁוֺ‎ 2Sam 6:15 +, ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 19:16 +; construct ‎שׁוֺפַר‎ Lev 25:9 plural ‎שׁוֺפָרוֺת‎ Judg 7:22 +, construct ‎שׁוֺפְרוֺת‎ Josh 6:4 +; suffix ‎שׁוֺפְרֹתֵיהֶם‎ Judg 7:8 — horn, mostly as used in war, rarely, and chiefly late, as sacred instrument: Hos 8:1; Judg 7:8; Judg 7:16; Isa 58:1 (simile) Job 39:25 (‎׳‎‎בְּדֵי שׁ‎, see ‎דַּי‎ 2 a); ‎(הַ)יּוֺבְלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Josh 6:4 rams' horns (see ‎יבל‎), so vJosh 6:6 vJosh 6:8 vJosh 6:13 (all E); ‎׳‎‎קוֺל (הַ)שׁ‎ Exod 19:16; Exod 19:19; Exod 20:18 (Gi vExod 20:15), Josh 6:5; Josh 6:20 (all E), Amos 2:2 + 13 t.; ‎׳‎‎תָּקַע בַּשּׁ‎ = give a blast with the horn, Judg 3:27; Judg 6:34; Josh 6:4 + 9 t. Joshua, 1Sam 13:3; 1Kgs 1:34; 1Kgs 1:39 + 9 t., +(‎׳‎‎י‎ subject) Zech 9:14 ‎׳‎‎תָּקַע שׁ‎ Hos 5:8; Amos 3:6 (verb Niph`al), Jer 4:5 + 7 t., +‎׳‎‎תֹּקְעֵי הַשּׁ‎ Josh 6:9 Qr (Kt ‎תָּֽקְעוּ‎); compare ‎לִתְקוֺעַ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ Judg 7:20, ‎׳‎‎בְּתֵקַע שׁ‎ Ps 150:3 also ‎תְּרוּעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶעֱבִיר שׁ‎ Lev 25:9 a (H), compare vLev 25:9 b (P), ‎וּתְרוּעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎יוֺם שׁ‎ Zeph 1:16 used on religious occasions, Josh 6:4ff.; Lev 25:9; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:15; Ps 47:6*; Ps 81:4*; Ps 98:6; Ps 150:3; 2Chr 15:14. — On ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ see Adler^{The Shophar (1894)} Dr^{Amos 2:2} Hpt^{We Psalms Transl. 221 f.} Abrahams^{Hast. DB TRUMPET}.

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