שֹׁופָר

n.m. Is 27:13 horn, for blowing (Aramaic שׁיפורא √ dub.; CAdlerPAOS 1889, clxxi ff. cp. Assyrian š/sappar(u) a species of wild goat; in any case the שׁ׳ is a curved horn, as of cow or ram, cf. Dr Am 2:2 (with illustr.));—abs. שׁוֹ׳ 2 S 6:15 +, שׁ׳ Ex 19:16 +; cstr. שׁוֹפַר Lv 25:9; pl. שׁוֹפָרוֹת Ju 7:22 +, cstr. שׁוֹפְרוֹת Jos 6:4 +; sf. שׁוֹפְרֹתֵיהֶם Ju 7:8;—horn, mostly as used in war, rarely, and chiefly late, as sacred instr.: Ho 8:1; Ju 7:8, 16; Is 58:1 (sim.) Jb 39:25 (בְּדֵי שׁ׳, v. דַּי 2 a); שׁ׳ (הַ)יּוֹבְלִים Jos 6:4 rams’ horns (v. יבל), so v 6, 8, 13 (all E); קוֹל (הַ)שׁ׳ Ex 19:16, 19; 20:18 (Gi v 15), Jos 6:5, 20 (all E), Am 2:2 + 13 times; תָּקַע בַּשּׁ׳ = give a blast with the horn, Ju 3:27; 6:34; Jos 6:4 + 9 times Jos, 1 S 13:3; 1 K 1:34, 39 + 9 times, + (י׳ subj.) Zc 9:14; תָּקַע שׁ׳ Ho 5:8; Am 3:6 (vb. Niph.), Je 4:5 + 7 times, + תֹּקְעֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jos 6:9 Qr (Kt תָּֽקְעוּ) + 6 times; הַשּׁ׳ לִתְקוֹעַ Ju 7:20, בְּתֵקַע שׁ׳ ψ 150:3; also הֶעֱבִיר שׁ׳ תְּרוּעָת Lv 25:9a (H), cf. v 9b (P), יוֹם שׁ׳ וּתְרוּעָה Zp 1:16; used on religious occasions, Jos 6:4ff. Lv 25:9; Jo 2:1, 15 ψ 47:6; 81:4; 98:6; 150:3; 2 Ch 15:14.—On שׁ׳ v. AdlerThe Shophar (1894) Dr Am 2:2 HptWe ψψ Transl. 221 f. Abrahams Hast. DB trumpet.