Shofar

//ˈʃəʊ̯fə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes. Judaism

    "Thaddeus the fluteplayer had, it seems, found a ram’s horn or shofar, and he was blowing this not in the normal manner of an angry summons but so as to produce a melody of four notes, like a camp call to dinner or parade."

  2. 2
    an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions wordnet

Etymology

From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).

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