shophar

The Book of Records thou openest; the great _shophar_ (cornet) is sounded; even the angels are terrified, and they cry aloud, 'The Day of Judgment dawns upon us,' for in judgment they, the angels, are not faultless.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

As the last note of the shophar died away, Cohen cried:

The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

There are many allusions in the book of Psalms and elsewhere in the Old Testament to the harp (_kinnor_), the psaltery (_nebel_), the cornet (_shophar_) and other instruments.

Hebrew Life and Times 1918

In preparation for the great feast, the shophar is sounded morning and evening excepting Sabbaths, throughout the entire preceeding month of Elul.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

It would seem, then, that the shophar and not the hacocerah was in Biblical times used on the feast of the new moon of Tishri.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

The shophar gives the signal call to solitude and prayer.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

The shophar was made of horn, as we see from its now and then being called qeren, "horn" (cf. Jos., vi, 5); in fact, in the foregoing passage, it is designated a "ram's horn", qeren yobel.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

Two trumpets are mentioned in the Bible, the shophar and hacocerah.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

(Heb. shophar), a loud-sounding instrument, made of the horn of

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

It was as if they had come together to hear the blowing of the _shophar_, and had nothing to do now but to disperse.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849