HEBREW WIND INSTRUMENTS

The wind instruments include:

• Horn: The "kehren" (7162) It is sometimes called a trumpet or a coronet. Joshua 6; Exodus 19 It was limited to two or three notes of sound and was blown as a signal to warn or announce. Judges 3:27; 6:34; Nehemiah 4:18-20 It was made of a ram's horn, curved in shape and hollowed out. New moons and Sabbaths were announced with the blowing of the 'Sophar' and is still used today in some synagogues.
• Flute: The "mashrokee" (4953) makes a whistling sound, and is called a flute. The Hebrew word is 'khalil' from 'halil' which means pierced or to bore which may refer to the holes drilled in the wood or bone shaft. It would be similar to the modern day clarinet, with two separate reed pipes with a mouthpiece made of one or two reeds. 1 Kings 1:39-40; Jeremiah 48:36; Matthew 9:23 Daniel 3:5.
• Trumpet: The "shophar" (7782) means "curved horn" and is used in Zechariah 9:14-15. The trumpet was sometimes an animal horn or it was a metal horn. It was used in worship by the Levites. These were the two main types. The trumpet is thought to have had a higher pitched sound, but like the ram's horn was also limited to only a few notes, unlike horns of today.

  Some metal horns were made of hammered silver and were used to call the community of Israel to worship. They were blown in pairs by the priests and announced temple sacrifice and worship. Numbers 10:2-10; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 Trumpets were also listed among the temple utensils. 2 Kings 12:13; Numbers 31:6seems to have been some kind of an animal's horn. Joshua 6:5 It was made from a ram's horn. It's translated "cornet" in some places.

  Exodus 19:13, 16, 19), (Exodus 20:180, (Leviticus 23:24), (Leviticus 25:9), (Numbers 10:2, 4, 8, 9, 10), (Numbers 29:1) (Numbers 31:6), (Joshua 6:4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 16, 20), (Judges 3:27), (Judges 6:34), (Judges 7:8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22), (1 Samuel 13:3),(2 Samuel 2:28), 2 Samuel 6:15), (2 Samuel 15:10), (2 Samuel 20:1, 22), (1 Kings 1:34, 39, 41), (2 kings 9:13), (2 Kings 12:13), (1 Chronicles 13:8), (1 Chronicles 15:24, 28), (1 Chronicles 16:6, 42), (2 Chronicles 5:12, 13), (2 Chronicles 7:6), (2 Chronicles 13:12, 14), (2 Chronicles 15:14), (2 Chronicles 20:28), (2 Chronicles 23:13), (2 Chronicles 29:26, 27, 28), (Ezra 3:10), (Nehemiah 4:18, 20), (Nehemiah 4:18, 20), (Job 39:24, 25), (Psalms 47:5), (Psalms 81:3), (Psalms 98:6), (Psalms 150:3), (Isaiah 27:13), (Isaiah 27:13), (Isaiah 58:1), (Jeremiah 4:5, 19, 21), (Jeremiah 6:1, 17), (Jeremiah 42:14), (Jeremiah 51:27), (Ezekiel 7:14), (Ezekiel 33:3, 4, 5, 6), (Hosea 5:8), (Hosea 8:1), (Joel 2:1, 15), (Amos 2:2), (Zephaniah 1:16), (Zephaniah 9:14), (Matthew 6:2), (Matthew 24:31), (1 Corinthians 14:8), (1 Corinthians 15:52), (1 Thessalonians 4:16), (Hebrews 12:19), (Revelation 1:10), (Revelation4:1), (Revelation 8:2, 6, 13), (Revelation 9:14), (Revelation 18:22).

• Straight trumpet: The "khatsotseraw" (2689) is a trumpet which means "to quiver;" usually it is thought to be straight. Josephus says it was one cubit long. Numbers 10:1-2 and 9-10.
• Oboe or pipe: The halil, or "khawleel" (2485) is an oboe which looks like a perforated pipe, generally considered to resemble the oboe. According to the Hebrew Scriptures, "[Jabal's] brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre (kinnor) and the pipe (`ugav)" (Genesis 4:21, (1 Samuel 10:5), (1 Kings 1:40), (Isaiah 30:29), (Isaiah 5:12), (Jeremiah 48:36), (Zechariah 4:2), (Zechariah 4:12), (Matthew 11:17), (Luke 7:32), (1 Corinthians 14:7).
• Silver trumpet: The "yabale" (3104) is a silver trumpet used to signal. Joshua 6:5.

• Cornet: The "tawkah" (8628), which was distinguished from a trumpet, is improperly translated "trumpet." It means "to sound or clatter," and is thought to be a cornet. Ezekiel 7:14. (2 Samuel 6:5), (1 Chronicles 15:28), (2 Chronicles 15:14) (Psalms 98:6), (Daniel 3:5,7,10,15), (Hosea 5:8).

• Organ: The "oog gawb" (5748), sometimes called the syrinx, is an organ which used a reed. It is an ugab, or reed pipe which is seen in I Samuel 10:5; I Kings 31:40 and Job 21:12.
• Dulicimer: the "seefonehyaw" (5481) is a bag pipe instru-ment with two reeds. Daniel 3:5, 10.

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