shophar
[
shoh
-fer;
Sephardic Hebrew
shaw-
fah
r
;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
shoh
-f
uh
r
, shoh-
fah
r
]
/ˈʃoʊ fər;
Sephardic Hebrew
ʃɔˈfɑr;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
ˈʃoʊ fər, ʃoʊˈfɑr/
noun
,
plural
shophars
Hebrew,
shophroth,
shophrot,
shophros
[
Sephardic Hebrew
shaw-
f
r
awt
;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
shoh
-f
r
ohs, shoh-
f
r
ohs
]
/
Sephardic Hebrew
ʃɔˈfrɔt;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
ˈʃoʊ froʊs, ʃoʊˈfroʊs/
(
Show IPA
).
Judaism.
1.
shofar
.
British Dictionary definitions for
shophar
shofar
/
ˈʃəʊfɑː;
Hebrew
ʃɔˈfar
/
noun
(
pl
)
-fars,
-phars,
-froth,
-phroth
(
Hebrew
) (
-ˈfrɔt
)
1.
(
Judaism
) a ram's horn sounded in the synagogue daily during the month of Elul and repeatedly on Rosh Hashanah, and by the ancient Israelites as a warning, summons, etc
Word Origin
from Hebrew
shōphār
ram's horn
shophar
/
ˈʃəʊfɑː;
Hebrew
ʃɔˈfar
/
noun
(
pl
)
-phars,
-phroth
(
Hebrew
) (
-ˈfrɔt
)
1.
a variant spelling of
shofar