About HORN

Hebrew Name

שׁוֹפָר

English Name

HORN

Phonetic Spelling

SHO-FAR

What does HORN mean?

Shofar, Hebrew for “horn,” refers to the ram’s-horn trumpet used throughout Jewish history in religious ceremonies and as a battle signal.

וַיְהִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י בִּֽהְיֹ֣ת הַבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְהִי֩ קֹלֹ֨ת וּבְרָקִ֜ים וְעָנָ֤ן כָּבֵד֙ עַל־הָהָ֔ר וְקֹ֥ל שֹׁפָ֖ר חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
vai-HI va-YOM ha-sh'-LEE-SHEE bi-HYOT ha-BO-ker vai-HI ko-LOT u-va-RA-kim v'-a-NA-n ka-VED al ha-HAR v'-kol sho-FAR cha-ZAK m'-OD vai-y'-khe-RAD kol-ha-AHM a-SHER ba-ma-cha-NEH
Exodus 19:16

וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֞ שׁוֹפַ֤ר תְּרוּעָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִ֔י בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹר לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ בְּיוֹם֙ הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּכׇל־אַרְצְכֶֽם׃
Then you shall sound the shofar loud; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month—the Day of Atonement—you shall have the shofar sounded throughout your land
v'-ha-a-var-TA sho-FAR t'-ru-AH ba-cho-DESH ha-sh'-vi-I b'-a-SOR la-cho-DESH b'-YOM ha-ki-pu-REEM ta-a-vee-ROO sho-FAR b'-kol ar-t'-KHEM
Leviticus 25:9

Description about HORN

Shofar, Hebrew for “horn,” refers to the ram’s-horn trumpet used throughout Jewish history in religious ceremonies and as a battle signal. Today, the shofar is primarily blown on Rosh Hashanah, the holiday celebrating the Jewish new year. The Bible refers to Rosh Hashanah as “the day of the shofar blast,” since the blowing of the shofar is the central component and focus of the day. The blowing of the shofar recalls the ram that Abraham sacrificed in place of Isaac, reminding God of the merits of our holy forefathers. Shofar is grammatically related to the Hebrew word shipur, meaning “improvement,” for the sound of the shofar can awaken people and inspire them to improve their ways and realign their lives with the word of God. The prophet Amos asked, “When a ram’s horn is sounded in a town do the people not tremble?” (Amos 3:6). When God gave the Bible to the children of Israel at Mount Sinai, the shofar blast shook them to their core: “On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar; and all the people who were in the camp trembled” (Exodus 19:16). The shofar was used in ancient Israel on the day of Yom Kippur during the Jubilee year to proclaim freedom to all slaves and announce the returning of all lands to their original ancestral owners, for the shofar blast signals a new era has arrived. As the prophet Isaiah explains, the shofar will herald the ingathering of the exiles to Jerusalem and the final redemption. “And on that day, a great shofar shall be sounded… and they will come and worship God on the holy mount, in Jerusalem” (Isaiah 27:13).

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