Shofar

Quick meaning: Shofar is a noun meaning (countable, Judaism) A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.

Meaning

(countable, Judaism) A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.

Example Sentences

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.

“This is one of those times in the history of our country and the world, where we are being presented with a wake up call — the blast of the shofar — to challenge ourselves, to ask, ‘What are we doing? What can we do?’ And know that we can do so much,” said Harris.

Word Forms

• shofars
• shofroth
• shofarot
• shofaroth
• shophar

Synonyms for shofar

Depending on context, synonyms include shophar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shophar, blower, horn, teruah, shofet, zeroa.

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