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חָצַר châtsar — properly, to surround with a stockade, and thus separate from the open country

pronounced khaw-tsar' · Strong's H2690 · 12 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as blow, sound, trumpeter.

a primitive root; properly, to surround with a stockade, and thus separate from the open country; but used only in the reduplicated form חֲצֹצֵר; or (2 Chronicles 5:12) חֲצֹרֵר; as dem. from H2689; to trumpet, i.e. blow on that instrument.

châtsar in each stem

Hiph'il 10×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 10

מחצצרים 1Chr 15:24 Participle (active), masculine plural

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. (KJV)

מחצררים 2Chr 5:12 Participle (active), masculine plural

Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) (KJV)

מחצצרים 2Chr 7:6 Participle (active), masculine plural

And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. (KJV)

Pi'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2

למחצצרים 2Chr 5:13 Participle (active), masculine plural

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; (KJV)

What the stems mean

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