Trumpet is in the A.V. usually the rendering of one or the other of the two Hebrew words detailed below; but besides these it occasionally stands as the representative of the following: יוֹבֵל,Exodus 19:13, the jubilee (q.v.) trumpet; תָּקוֹעִ takea, Ezekiel 7:14, prop. the blowing of the trumpet. SEE TRUMPETS, FEAST OF.
1. חֲצוֹצרָה , chatsotserah (Sept. σάλπιγξ, Vtmlg. tuba), prob. an onomatopoetic word, like the Lat. taratantara, from the quivering reverberation of its sound, was the straight trumpet (Josephus, Ant. 3, 12, 6; Jerome, ad Hosea 5, 8; Buxtorf, Lex. s.v.), and is the term used in Numbers 10:2,8-10; 31:6; 2 Kings 11:14 (“trumpeter,” in first occurrence); 12:13; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 15:24,28; 16:6,42; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13; 13:12,14; 15:14; 20:28; 23:13; 29:26-28; Ezra 3:10; Nehemiah 12:35,41; Psalms 98:6; Hosea 5:8. There were originally two such, which the priests used on festive occasions (Numbers 10:2 sq.; comp. 31:6; 2 Kings 12:13). Later (in David’s time) the instruments were of a richer character (1 Chronicles 15:24; 16:42; 2 Chronicles 5:12 sq.; 29:20; for a conjecture as to their form, see Sommner, Bibl Abhandl. 1, 39 sq.). Similar ones were employed in the year of jubilee (2 Kings 11:14), and for popular proclamations (Hosea 5:8); comp. Rosellini, Monum. II, 3, 32; Wilkinson, 2, 262. The form of this trumpet is indicated in the sculpture on the Arch of Titus at Rome (see Reland, Spolia Templi Hieros. p. 184 sq.) and on coins (Frohlich, Anal. Syr. proleg. p. 80, pl. 18, fig. 17 and 18), and it appears to have emitted a clear, shrill tone (comp. Foskel, 1, 86), adapted to an alarum (תָּקִע). SEE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
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Author: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia
Keywords: Trumpet, shofar, feast of trumpets, horn, rams horn
Bible reference(s): 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 1 Chronicles 16:6, 2 Chronicles 13:12, 2 Chronicles 15:14, 2 Chronicles 20:28, 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Chronicles 29:26, 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 12:13, 2 Samuel 2:28, Exodus 19:16, Ezekiel 33:6, Ezekiel 7:14, Hosea 5:8, Isaiah 58:1, Jeremiah 4:5, Jeremiah 6:1, Job 29:25, Joshua 3:4, Joshua 6:4, Judges 3:27, Judges 7:2, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 25:9, Matthew 6:2, Nehemiah 12:35, Numbers 10:2, Numbers 29:1, Numbers 31:6, Psalms 98:6
Source: John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
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