BDB8995

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 Josh 6:6 Josh 6:8 Josh 6:13 (all E ); ׳ קוֺל (הַ)שׁ Exod 19:16 ; Exod 19:19; Exod 20:18 (Gi Exod 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 Lev 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}.