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Trumpet In The Old Trumpet

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Introduction
The word trumpet in the Old Trumpet is translated from the Hebrew word Showphar (sho-far – Strong’s Number: 7782) and also from the word Chatsotsrah (Khats-o-tser-aw – Strong’s Number: 2689)

Another word that implies the sounding of the trumpets is truw’ah (ter-oo-aw’ – Strong’s Number: 8643). It is an acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarm, blow (-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubilee, loud noise, rejoicing, shout (-ing), (high, joyful) sound (-ing).

In the New Testament, the word trumpet is translated from the Greek Word Salpigx (sal’- pinx – Strong’s Number: 4536) and is defined as trumpet or trump.

Showphar is horn, ram’s horn and is usually made from the horn of a ram but sometimes …show more content…

There is a reference in Numbers 10:2 that refer it to the silver trumpet. Num.10:2 ‘Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them…’
The root word for Showphar means to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be bright or glisten. It is translated a sense of incising. Incising means to cut into – carve or engrave. Unlike the harp, which has a soothing sound, the sound of the Showphar is very penetrating and has a piercing effect to both the spirit and soul. It …show more content…

The third is the Teruah and consists of nine staccato notes blown in succession. It is a plea for mercy and also a sound for alarm. A wave-like sound of alarm calling upon man to stand by the banner of God. Teruah in Hebrew means not only a certain unique sound. It also connotes "to break", denoting breaking something and/or causing damage. It is the note for bustling, speedy activity, the signal for breaking up, for striking tents and breaking up camp. Within the Biblical texts, the word teruah has wide and diverse applications. On the one hand, it is the term used to define a verbal shout (e.g., 1 Samuel 4:5) and in particular the high pitched, warbling battle cry that is still heard today in the center East (e.g., Job 39:24, 25). It was also the sound associated with war and is often times translated as the alarm in English translations. The underlying etymology of the word teruah in relation to the shofar or the two silver trumpets of the priests appears to be its apparent mimicking of the verbal shout of war. The teruah was also the call sounded by the two silver trumpets that signaled the breaking of camp for the Israelites in the desert (e.g., Numbers 10:5) and the term used for a rapid, oscillating cymbal pattern (e.g., Psalm 150:5). On the other extreme, teruah is also a word for joy (e.g., Psalm 89:15 (89:26 JPS)) and even a joyous shout (e.g., Ezra

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