חָצַר

Strong’s Definition

to trumpet, i.e. blow on that instrument

Etymology & Derivation

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 (חֲצֹצְרָה);

KJV Usage

blow, sound, trumpeter.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to sound a trumpet
• 2.(piel) players on clarions (participle)
• 3.(hiphil) sound with clarions (participle)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châtsar; Pronunciation: khaw-tsar'