shofar

Jewish religious wind instrument made from an animal horn
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shofar

Summary

shofar is a type of musical instrument[1]. shofar draws 1,352 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #46 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • shofar's religion is recorded as Judaism[3].
  • shofar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • shofar is made of horn[5].
  • shofar is made of horn[6].
  • shofar is made of horn[7].
  • shofar is a type of blowing horn[8].
  • shofar is a type of religious object[9].
  • shofar is used for shofar blowing[10].
  • shofar's Commons category is recorded as Shofars[11].
  • shofar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shofar[12].
  • shofar's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[13].
  • shofar's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • shofar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • shofar's natural product of taxon is recorded as Bovidae[16].
  • shofar's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 423.121.2[17].

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Definition and Type

shofar's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4]. Recorded subclass of include blowing horn[8] and religious object[9].

Use and Application

shofar is used for shofar blowing[10].

Influence

Things named for shofar include Shofar of Freedom Award[18], an award[19], in United States[20], founded in 1990[21].

Why It Matters

shofar draws 1,352 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #46 of 399).[2] shofar has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] shofar is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for shofar include Shofar of Freedom Award[18], an award[19], in United States[20], founded in 1990[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Made from material horn, horn, horn
    Instance of
    Religion or worldview Judaism
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