chatsar · blow a trumpet

What it means

chatsar (חָצַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blow a trumpet”.

Blow the trumpet: sound the straight metal trumpet used by the priests; those who do it are trumpeters.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• were blowing ×3
• sounding ×2
• trumpeters ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×5

• 1 Chronicles 15:24

  And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing the trumpets before the ark of Elohim; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were gatekeepers for the ark.

• 2 Chronicles 5:12

  and the Levites, the singers, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, were standing east of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding the trumpets;

• 2 Chronicles 5:13

  and it happened, as one, that the trumpeters and the singers were to make one voice heard to praise and to give thanks to YHWH; and when they raised their voice with the trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of song, and praised YHWH, “For he is good, for his loyal love is forever,” then the house was filled with a cloud, the house of YHWH,

• 2 Chronicles 7:6

  The priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of song of YHWH that David the king had made for giving thanks to YHWH, “For his loyal love is forever,” when David praised by their hand; and the priests were sounding the trumpets opposite them, and all Israel was standing.

• 2 Chronicles 13:14

  Judah turned, and look, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried out to YHWH, and the priests were blowing the trumpets.

• 2 Chronicles 29:28

  All the assembly was bowing down, and the song was sounding, and the trumpets were blowing; all this until the burnt offering was finished.