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title: חָצַר — sound a clarion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצַר (2690), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: sound a clarion. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצַר

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«חָצַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sound a clarion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2690 · **BDB:** חצצר²

### Glosses

\[were\].blowing.a.trumpet (3); \[who.were\].blowing.a.trumpet (1); \[who\].blew.a.trumpet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָצַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2690/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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