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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 995 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHOFAR, SCHOFAR

SHOFAR, SCHOFAR or SHOFER, the See also:

ancient See also:

ram's See also:

horn See also:

trumpet of the See also:

HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews, sometimes also translated See also:

CORNET,

cornet in the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

Bible. The shofar consisted of a natural horn turned up at the See also:

bell end, and, having a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short conical See also:

BORE

bore of very large calibre, it would be capable of producing at most the fundamental See also:

OCTAVE (from Lat. octavus, eighth, octo, eight)

octave and twelfth. The shofar has continued in use in the Jewish See also:

synagogue until the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day, being blown with See also:

GREAT

great solemnity once every See also:

YEAR

year at the impressive service held on the Day of See also:

ATONEMENT

Atonement. The shofar was more generally used by the Israelites than the other horn Keren, and although figuring largely as a See also:

SIGNAL

signal See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in See also:

BATTLE

battle, and used for rousing the See also:

PEOPLE

people against the foe, it can hardly be regarded as a military instrument, but rather as the token of See also:

GOD

God's presence in their midst, to give them the victory as in the See also:

case of See also:

JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua and See also:

GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon. It was the shofar that was used to See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call the people together on a See also:

SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn feast day (Ps. lxxxi. 3). (K.

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