Lexical Summary shophar: a horn (for blowing) Original Word: שׁוֹפָרTransliteration: shophar Phonetic Spelling: (sho-far') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a horn (for blowing) Meaning: a cornet, curved horn Strong's Concordance cornet, trumpet Or shophar {sho-far'}; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn -- cornet, trumpet. see HEBREW shaphar Brown-Driver-Briggs H7782. shophar שׁוֺפָר שֹׁפָר,72 noun masculineIsaiah 27:13 horn, for blowing (Aramaic שׁיפורא √ dubious; CAdlerPAOS 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 DrAmos 2:2 (with illustrations)); — absolute ׳שׁוֺ 2 Samuel 6:15 +, ׳שׁ Exodus 19:16 +; construct שׁוֺפַר Leviticus 25:9; plural שׁוֺפָרוֺת Judges 7:22 +, construct שׁוֺפְרוֺת Joshua 6:4 +; suffix שׁוֺפְרֹתֵיהֶם Judges 7:8; — horn, mostly as used in war, rarely, and chiefly late, as sacred instrument: Hosea 8:1; Judges 7:8, 16; Isaiah 58:1 (simile) Job 39:25 (שׁ ׳בְּדֵי, see דַּי 2a); ׳שׁ (הַ)יּוֺבְלִים Joshua 6:4 rams' horns (see יבל), so 6:6; 6:8; 6:13 (all E); (הַ)שׁ ׳קוֺל Exodus 19:16, 19; 20:18 (Gi 20:15), Joshua 6:5, 20 (all E), Amos 2:2 13t.; בַּשּׁ ׳תָּקַע = give a blast with the horn, Judges 3:27; 6:34; Joshua 6:4 9t. Joshua, 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Kings 1:34, 39 9t., +(׳י subject) Zechariah 9:14; שׁ ׳תָּקַע Hosea 5:8; Amos 3:6 (verb Niph`al), Jeremiah 4:5 7t., +הַשּׁ ׳תֹּקְעֵי Joshua 6:9 Qr (Kt תָּֽקְעוּ); compare ׳הַשּׁ לִתְקוֺעַ Judges 7:20, שׁ ׳בְּתֵקַע Psalm 150:3; also שׁ ׳הֶעֱבִיר תְּרוּעָה Leviticus 25:9 a (H), compare 25:9 b (P), שׁ ׳יוֺם וּתְרוּעָה Zephaniah 1:16; used on religious occasions, Joshua 6:4ff.; Leviticus 25:9; Joel 2:1; 2:15; Psalm 47:6; 81:4; 98:6; 150:3; 2 Chronicles 15:14. — On ׳שׁ see AdlerThe Shophar (1894) DrAmos 2:2 HptWe Psalms Transl. 221 f. AbrahamsHast. DB TRUMPET. |
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