BDB3067 [H2689]
1. as secular instr. Hos 5:8 (|| שׁוֺפָר ) 2Kgs 11:14 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 23:13 (twice in verse).
2. as sacred instr. 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 ,' vNum 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, vNum 10:9, 'to be remembered before ׳ י ;' so Num 31:6; 2Chr 13:12 (compare v2Chr 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 ).
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\ \ c. especially in Chr's descriptions of ceremonies at festivals, to express rejoicing: 1Chr 13:8; 1Chr 15:28 (||
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