BDB3401
יוֺבֵל, יֹבֵל noun masculine Num 36:4 ram, ram's horn, cornet (Phoenician יבל ram; compare Di Lev 25:10 DlPr 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 BenzArchäol. 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 Lev 25:11 Lev 25:12 Lev 25:15 Lev 25:28 Lev 25:30 Lev 25:31 Lev 25:33 (all
H
), Lev 27:18
; Num 36:4
(both
P
).