שׁוֹפָר

שֹׁפָר, שׁוֺפָר₇₂ noun masculine^{Es 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 2 Sam 6,15 +, ׳שׁ 2 Mos 19,16 +; construct שׁוֺפַר 3 Mos 25,9 plural שׁוֺפָרוֺת Dom 7,22 +, construct שׁוֺפְרוֺת Jos 6,4 +; suffix שׁוֺפְרֹתֵיהֶם Dom 7,8 — horn, mostly as used in war, rarely, and chiefly late, as sacred instrument: Hos 8,1; Dom 7,8; Dom 7,16; Es 58,1 (simile) Job 39,25 (׳בְּדֵי שׁ, see דַּי 2 a); (הַ)יּוֺבְלִים ׳שׁ Jos 6,4 rams' horns (see יבל), so vJos 6,6 vJos 6,8 vJos 6,13 (all E); ׳קוֺל (הַ)שׁ 2 Mos 19,16; 2 Mos 19,19; 2 Mos 20,18 (Gi v2 Mos 20,15), Jos 6,5; Jos 6,20 (all E), Amos 2,2 + 13 t.; ׳תָּקַע בַּשּׁ = give a blast with the horn, Dom 3,27; Dom 6,34; Jos 6,4 + 9 t. Joshua, 1 Sam 13,3; 1 Kong 1,34; 1 Kong 1,39 + 9 t., +(׳י subject) Zak 9,14 ׳תָּקַע שׁ Hos 5,8; Amos 3,6 (verb Niph`al), Jer 4,5 + 7 t., +׳תֹּקְעֵי הַשּׁ Jos 6,9 Qr (Kt תָּֽקְעוּ); compare לִתְקוֺעַ ׳הַשּׁ Dom 7,20, ׳בְּתֵקַע שׁ Sl 150,3 also תְּרוּעָה ׳הֶעֱבִיר שׁ 3 Mos 25,9 a (H), compare v3 Mos 25,9 b (P), וּתְרוּעָה ׳יוֺם שׁ Sef 1,16 used on religious occasions, Jos 6,4ff.; 3 Mos 25,9; Joel 2,1; Joel 2,15; Sl 47,6; Sl 81,4; Sl 98,6; Sl 150,3; 2 Kron 15,14. — On ׳שׁ see Adler^{The Shophar (1894)} Dr^{Amos 2,2} Hpt^{We Psalms Transl. 221 f.} Abrahams^{Hast. DB TRUMPET}.