yo.vel denotes the appointed year governing return, release, and valuation, and also the ram’s horn sounded in assembly and battle scenes.

The dominant use names an appointed year that regulates return to possession, release, and calculations involving land, houses, and service. A smaller cluster names the ram’s horn or horns sounded in settings involving the mountain and the march around the city.

1. Appointed year of return, release, and valuation · dominant

   In Leviticus 25:10 the singular noun identifies the fiftieth year, in which liberty is proclaimed and each returns to possession and family. The same singular form marks the point when sold property comes out or people are released in Leviticus 25:28 and Leviticus 25:54, and it supplies the endpoint for valuations in Leviticus 27:18.

   Leviticus 25:10Leviticus 25:28Leviticus 25:54Leviticus 27:18Leviticus 27:24Numbers 36:4
2. Ram’s horn sounded as a signal · occasional

   In Exodus 19:13 the singular noun occurs in the clause about a long blast after which the people may come up the mountain. In Joshua 6:4 the plural form is carried by seven priests, while Joshua 6:5 places a long blast from the singular horn before the people’s shout and the city wall’s fall.

   Exodus 19:13Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:5Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the year cluster with “jubilee” or “year of jubilee,” including clauses of return, release, and valuation. In Exodus 19:13 and Joshua 6:4 it renders the surrounding clauses with “ram’s horn” or “rams’ horns”; These renderings confirm the verse context rather than provide a precise token-by-token gloss.