Wooden clappers

Clappers were flat, oblong, rectangular, or curved. They could be made of wood, ivory, or bone. They were tied together at one end, enabling them to be struck together. This produced a kind of slapping sound.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

Also in Percussion instruments

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema