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חֲצֹצְרָה noun feminine clarion (Late Hebrew חֲצוֺצֶרֶת, Aramaic חֲצוֺצַרְתָּצ) — mostly P and late; — absolute ׳ ח Hos 5:8 plural absolute חֲצֹצְרוֺת Num 10:8 + 22 t.; חֲצֹצְרֹת Num 10:9; Num 10:10 construct id. Num 31:6; 2Chr 13:12 חֲצוֺצְרֹת Num 10:2 clarion:
1. as secular instrument Hos 5:8 (|| שׁוֺפָר) 2Kgs 11:14 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 23:13
(twice in verse).
2. as sacred instrument 2Kgs 12:14, especially for use by priests (only
P
, Ps 98
and Chronicles).
a.
׳
תקע בח (of blowing a single long blast) Num 10:3; Num 10:4; Num 10:7; Num 10:8, to gather congregation or ׳
נשׂיא together, and, on festivals, over sacrifice, 'to be remembered before ׳
י,'
Num 10:10.
b.
׳
תקע תרועה בח, or ׳
הריע בח (of sounding alarm, — a series of quick blasts) for camps to move Num 10:5; Num 10:6, also in battle, Num 10:9, 'to be
remembered before ׳
י;' so
Num 31:6; 2Chr 13:12 (compare 2Chr 13:14), both התרועה
׳
ח.
c. especially in Chr's descriptions of ceremonies at festivals, to
express
rejoicing: 1Chr
13:8
; 1Chr
15:28
(|| קוֺל שׁוֺפָר), 1Chr 16:6; 1Chr 16:42; 2Chr 15:14 (|| שׁוֺפָר), 2Chr 20:28
; 2Chr 29:26
; 2Chr
29:27;
Ezra 3:10;
Neh 12:35;
Neh 12:41;
Ps 98:6 (||
קוֺל שׁוֺפָר); ׳
הָרִים קוֺל בח
2Chr 5:13
׳
מחצצרים בח
1Chr 15:24
;
2Chr 5:12;
2Chr 5:13;
2Chr 13:14
in
2Chr 29:28
this participle agrees with noun in sense, and is masculine; and the clarions
(= players on the clarions) sounded. — The חֲצֹצְרָה, or
(sacred) clarion, was a long, straight, slender metal tube, with flaring end, see
BenzArchäol. 277; distinguished thus from the שׁוֺפָר which was
originally
a ram's horn, and probably always retained the horn-shape; the שׁוֺפָר is mentioned constantly
in
the earlier literature, and was used by watchmen, warriors, etc., as well as priests (see Benzib. 276 and
שׁוֺפָר).