shofar

Edit

Pronunciations

shofar (SHOH-far) listen

Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "It is a mitzvah to hear the shofar on Yom Kippur."

  • "Jonathan blows the shofar every year for the people at the Old Age Home." (Glinert)

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שופר

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shofer

Notes


Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: