Cornet: Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its
sound
(1 Chronicles 15:28; 2 Chronicles 15:14; Psalms 98:6; Hosea 5:8) It is usually rendered in
the Authorized Version "trumpet." It denotes the long and straight
horn, about eighteen inches long. The words of Joel, "Blow the
trumpet," literally, "Sound the cornet," refer to the festival which
was the preparation for the day of Atonement. In
(Daniel 3:5,7,10,15) the
word (keren) so rendered is a curved horn. The word "cornet" in
(2 Samuel 6:5) (Heb. mena'an'im, occurring only here) was some kind of
instrument played by being shaken like the Egyptian sistrum,
consisting of rings or bells hung loosely on iron rods.
