What does חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrāh) mean in the Bible?
חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrāh): Ritual instrument producing a sharp, piercing blast; associated with divine announcement, assembly, and warfare in theocratic contexts
Hebrew · H2689
חֲצֹצְרָה
A trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note)
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חֲצֹצְרָהH2689
Pronunciationḥăṣōṣĕrāh
What does חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrāh) mean in the Bible?
חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrāh): Ritual instrument producing a sharp, piercing blast; associated with divine announcement, assembly, and warfare in theocratic contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2689?
The BSB source-word alignment has 29 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include trumpets (7), the trumpets (4), and trumpets (3), with trumpets (3), and the trumpets (2).
Where does חֲצֹצְרָה (ḥăṣōṣĕrāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 10:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (11), 1 Chronicles (5), Numbers (5), 2 Kings (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ittrumpets7×Numbers 10:2, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 12:13, 1 Chronicles 16:42
the trumpets4×Numbers 10:8, Numbers 10:10, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 2 Chronicles 13:14
and trumpets3×1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Chronicles 20:28
with trumpets3×Ezra 3:10, Nehemiah 12:35, Psalms 98:6
and the trumpets2×Numbers 31:6, 2 Chronicles 29:27
and trumpeters2×2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:13
with their trumpets2×2 Chronicles 13:12, Nehemiah 12:41
accompanied by trumpets1×2 Chronicles 5:13
and the trumpeters1×2 Chronicles 29:28
blew the trumpets1×1 Chronicles 16:6
on the trumpets1×Numbers 10:9
the trumpet1×Hosea 5:8
with the trumpets1×2 Chronicles 29:26
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 10:2חֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣תtotrumpetsNoun - feminine plural constructNumbers 10:8בַּֽחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתtothe trumpetsPreposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine pluralNumbers 10:9בַּחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתtoon the trumpetsPreposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine pluralNumbers 10:10בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֹ֗תtothe trumpetsPreposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine pluralNumbers 31:6וַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹתtoand the trumpetsConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct2 Kings 11:14וְהַחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת֙toand trumpetersConjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural2 Kings 11:14בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֑וֹתtotrumpetsPreposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural2 Kings 12:13חֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתtotrumpetsNoun - feminine plural1 Chronicles 13:8וּבַחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃toand trumpetsConjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural1 Chronicles 15:24בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתtothe trumpetsPreposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowNumbers 10:2
Aligned rows29
Books represented8
Numbers52 Kings31 Chronicles52 Chronicles11Ezra1Nehemiah2Psalms1Hosea1
Source forms
בַּחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת2xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯNumbers 10:9, Nehemiah 12:35
בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת2xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ1 Chronicles 15:24, 2 Chronicles 23:13
בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃2xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ2 Chronicles 13:14, Nehemiah 12:41
וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת2xū·ḇa·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Chronicles 15:14
וַחֲצֹצְר֥וֹת2xwa·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯNumbers 31:6, 2 Chronicles 13:12
בַּֽחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת1xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯNumbers 10:8
בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֑וֹת1xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ2 Kings 11:14
בַּחֲצֹצְר֣וֹת1xba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ1 Chronicles 16:6
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural15xNumbers 10:8, Numbers 10:9, Numbers 10:10, 2 Kings 11:14
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural4x2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Chronicles 29:27, 2 Chronicles 29:28
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural4x1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Chronicles 15:14, 2 Chronicles 20:28
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct2xNumbers 31:6, 2 Chronicles 13:12
Noun - feminine plural2x2 Kings 12:13, 1 Chronicles 16:42
Noun - feminine plural construct1xNumbers 10:2
Noun - feminine singular1xHosea 5:8
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ritual instrument producing a sharp, piercing blast; associated with divine announcement, assembly, and warfare in theocratic contexts
Source Gloss
a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note)
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ritual instrument producing a sharp, piercing blast; associated with divine announcement, assembly, and warfare in theocratic contexts
a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note) BDB: clarion Usage: trumpet(-er).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חֲצֹצְרָה is built from this root:
חָצַרH2690