Lexical Summary yobel: a ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) Original Word: יוֹבֵלTransliteration: yobel Phonetic Spelling: (yo-bale') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) Meaning: a ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) Strong's Concordance jubile, ram's horn, trumpet Or yobel {yob-ale'}; apparently from yabal; the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced -- jubile, ram's horn, trumpet. see HEBREW yabal Brown-Driver-Briggs H3104. yobel יֹבֵל יוֺבֵל, noun masculineNumbers 36:4 ram, ram's horn, cornet (Phoenician יבל ram; compare Di Leviticus 25:10 DlPr 124) — absolute יוֺבֵל Joshua 6:5 7t.; יֹבֵל Exodus 19:13 13t.; plural יוֺבְלִים Joshua 6:4 2t.; יֹבְלִים 6:13; — 1 ram, only in combination: הַיּ בְּקֶרֶן ׳בִּמְשֹׁךְ Joshua 6:5 the ram's horn, as wind-instrument; so שׁוֺפְרוֺת(ה)י(ו)בלים 6:4, 6, 8, 13 rams' horns (see BenzArchäol. 276); יֹבֵל alone, הַיֹּבֵל בִּמְשֹׁךְ Exodus 19:13 at the sounding of the ram ('s horn). 2 designation of 50th year, marked by blowing of cornets, AV 'jubile' (so Late Hebrew יובֵילָא ᵑ7 יוֺבֵל,, as loan-word); originally no doubt הַיּוֺבֵל שְׁנַת year of the ram ('s horn), as Leviticus 25:13, 28, 40, 50, 52, 54 (all H), 27:17-18, 23, 24 (all P), but then, without שׁנת, as לָכֶם תִּהְיֶה הִוא יוֺבֵל 25:10 a ram ('s horn blowing) shall it be to you; so 25:11; 25:12; 25:15; 25:28; 25:30; 25:31; 25:33 (all H), 27:18; Numbers 36:4 (both P). |
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