Jastrow: יוֹבֵל

יוֹבֵל m. (b. h.; יָבַל) 1) (cmp. בַּרְחָא, נָגוֹדָא) leader, bellwether, ram. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ top (ref. to קרן יובל, Josh. VI, 5) בערביא … יובלא in Arabia they call a ram yubla; R. Hash. 26ᵃ —2) (ellipt. for קֶרֶן הַיּ׳) ram’s horn. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 3 (ref. to Ex. XIX, 14) בשימשוך הי׳ את קולו when the horn prolongs its sound; Yalk. Ex. 281. —3) c. (ellipt. for שְׁנַת הַיּ׳) Jubilee, Yobel-year, the fiftieth year, the year following the succession of seven Sabbatical years (Lev. XXV, 8—16; 23—24). R. Hash. III, 5 שוה הי׳ לר"ה the proclamation of the Jubilee resembles that of the New Year as to blowing &c.—Arakh. 12ᵇ בתחלת הי׳ at the beginning of the Jubilee cycle; a. fr.—Pl. יוֹבְלוֹת. R. Hash. l. c. Arakh. l. c. י"ז י׳ מנו וכ the Israelites counted seventeen jubilee cycles from their entrance into the Holy Land to their leaving it.