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# trumpet

«trumpet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a brass musical instrument that you blow into; you press…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a trumpet, trumpets); verb (trumpet, trumpets, trumpeted, trumpeting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trumpet is a brass musical instrument that you blow into; you press valves to change the note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#m1)

2) When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud, high call through its trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#m2)

3) To trumpet something means to tell everyone about it proudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A horn blown to sound an alarm, gather the people or praise God in worship. Here it warns of enemies and also marks joyful sacrifice. Interpretation: Trumpets were blown on festivals and at the Temple. The ram's horn, the shofar, is blown on Rosh Hashanah to call people to repentance. In the primary lessons: In music lessons the trumpet is a member of the brass family, with three valves and a bell-shaped end; it plays bright, loud notes. In science, sound is made by the player's lips buzzing, which makes the air vibrate. In nature stories, elephants trumpet. Phrases: «play the trumpet», «blow your own trumpet» (boast), «a trumpet call».

### examples

- Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!' (Prophets HOS.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x1)
- And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. (Writings PSA.27.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x2)
- My brother plays the trumpet in the school band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x3)
- The trumpet has three valves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x4)
- The elephant raised its trunk and trumpeted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x5)
- A trumpet call woke the soldiers in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x6)
- Don't blow your own trumpet; let others praise you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x7)
- The trumpet makes a bright, loud sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x8)
- She trumpeted the news of her new puppy to the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x9)
- He began trumpeting furiously at the top of his trumpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x10)

### note

Countable noun; regular verb: trumpeted, trumpeting (one t before -ed). «Play the trumpet» uses «the». «Blow your own trumpet» is an idiom for boasting.

### In the corpora

- [With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1742/)
- [and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.399/)
- [and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.627/)
- [And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.327/)
- [And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.446/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trumpet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.