Bible Dictionary
Shawm
A shawm was a wind instrument resembling a clarinet. The term appears in an older English rendering of Psalm 98:6 for an instrument otherwise translated as a cornet.
Definition
A shawm was a wind instrument resembling a clarinet.
Biblical Usage
In the Prayer-book version of Psalm 98:6, “shawms” renders the instrument called a cornet in the Authorized Version.
Historical Background
The term belongs to an older English rendering rather than to the Hebrew name of the instrument.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
In the Prayer-book version of (Psalms 98:6) “with trumpets also stands also and shawms ” is the rendering of what stands in the Authorized Version “with trumpets and sound of cornet .” The Hebrew word translated cornet is treated under the head. The “shawm” was a musical instrument resembling the clarinet.