shofar

• shophar

From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊ̯fə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊ̯fɚ/, /ˈʃoʊ̯fɑɹ/
  • (some Ashkenazim) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔɪ̯fɚ/
  • (German Ashkenazim) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯fɔʁ/
  • (some Lithuanian Ashkenazim) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛɪ̯fɚ/, /ˈʃəɪ̯fɚ/
• Homophone: chauffeur (some pronunciations of both words)

shofar (plural shofars or shofroth or shofarot or shofaroth)

1. (Judaism) A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:

     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.

   • 2023 September 13, Gabby Deutch, quoting Kamala Harris, “VP Harris: ‘Blast of the shofar’ presents a ‘wake up call’”, in Jewish Insider‎^[1]:

     “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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈfaɾ/ [ʃoˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sho‧far

shofar m (plural shofares)

1. shofar