2 Samuel 15:10:92 Sam.15.10.W9TAB
הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר
hashofar
“the shofar or trumpet”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-FAR
- Extended
- hah-shoh-FAHR
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the shofar or trumpet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL ha-sho-FAR
- clause
ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the temporal clause kəšāməḵem {כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ | kē·šām·ə·ḵem} ‘when you hear’ governs ʾet-qōl ha-šōp̄ār {אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר | ʾet-qōl ha·šō·p̄ār} ‘the sound of the trumpet’, setting the trigger.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:10
And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of the trumpet , you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron .’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר (hashofar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.15.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W9.S1) and character.