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# חָצַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2690

**sound a clarion** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sound a clarion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2690/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חצצר²: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2690/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Kt, \[חצר\] Qr, denominat. from חצצרה = sound a clarion— Pt. מְחַצְּצ֯רִים 2 Ch 5:13 (Qr מְחַצְּרִים) = players on clarions. Pt. מַחְצְצ֯רִים (Qr מַחְצְרִים as Hiph. v. Köii, 252) 1 Ch 15:24; + 3 times + 2 Ch 5:12 Baer, (van d. H. מחצררים); sound with clarions מח׳ בחצצרות 1 Ch 15:24 2 Ch 5:12; 13:14; abs. sounded (sounding) 2 Ch 7:6; 29:28, cf. חצצרה ad fin. (Kt in all to be pronounced (prob.) מְחַצְצְרִים).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[were\] blowing a trumpet (3); \[who were\] blowing a trumpet (1); \[who\] blew a trumpet (1).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 29:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.28/#tree)

וְכָל־הַקָּהָל֙ מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים וְהַשִּׁ֣יר מְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר וְהַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת מַחְצְרִ֑יםהַכֹּ֕ל עַ֖ד לִכְל֥וֹת הָעֹלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and all the assembly \[were\].bowing.down and the song \[was\].singing and the trumpets \[were\].blowing.a.trumpet (the) everything \[was\].until (to).was complete the.burnt offering

*JPS 1917:* And all the congregation prostrated themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished.

[2 Chronicles 13:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.14/#tree)

וַיִּפְנ֣וּ יְהוּדָ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה לָהֶ֤ם הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ פָּנִ֣ים וְאָח֔וֹר וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּ לַיהוָ֑ה וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מַחְצְרִ֖ים בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and they.turned Judah and there! \[was\].to them the battle before and behind and they.cried.out to Yahweh and the priests \[were\].blowing.a.trumpet on trumpets

*JPS 1917:* And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2690.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2690/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).