H2690 H2690
chatsotser -- to sound trumpets; a denominative verb for blowing silver clarions in Levitical worship
The denominative verb chatsotser (from chatsotsrah, 'silver trumpet') describes the act of sounding trumpets in organized Levitical worship and temple ceremony. All twelve occurrences appear exclusively in Chronicles, where the Chronicler portrays the liturgical order of the Second Temple era: trumpeters accompany the ark's procession to Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:24), the dedication of Solomon's Temple (2 Chr 5:12-13), Solomon's sacrificial festival (2 Chr 7:6), Abijah's battle line (2 Chr 13:14), and Hezekiah's reform offerings (2 Chr 29:28). The Ketiv/Qere variants and participial forms (mechatserim, 'trumpeters') represent orthographic and morphological variation, not distinct senses.
Senses
1. to sound trumpets, to blow the clarion — To sound or blow silver trumpets in organized Levitical worship, used exclusively in Chronicles for temple ceremonial contexts: the ark's procession (1 Chr 15:24), Temple dedication (2 Chr 5:12-13), sacrificial festivals (2 Chr 7:6), holy war (2 Chr 13:14), and Hezekiah's reform (2 Chr 29:28). The participial form mechatserim ('trumpeters') and Ketiv/Qere orthographic variants represent morphology, not distinct senses. Multilingual evidence converges: German Trompete, Korean napal bulgo, Spanish tocando trompetas, Arabic nafikhin. 12×
AR["(لِلنَّافِخِينَ)", "(نَافِخِينَ)", "[لِلنَّافِخِينَ]", "[مَحْصِصِيم]", "[نَافِخُونَ]", "[يُبَوِّقُونَ]", "تُبَوِّقُ", "يَنفُخونَ", "يُبَوِّقُونَ"]·ben["(তূরী-বাজাচ্ছিলেন)", "(তূরীবাদকদের-জন্য)", "-দ্বারা", "[তূরী-বাজাচ্ছিলেন]", "[তূরীবাদকদের-জন্য]", "[বাজাচ্ছিল]", "তূরী-বাজাচ্ছিল", "বাজছিল", "বাজাচ্ছিলেন", "বাজাতেন"]·DE["Trompete"]·EN["(for-the-trumpeters)", "(sounding)", "(trumpeting)", "[blowing]", "[for-the-trumpeters]", "[ketiv]", "[sounding-trumpets]", "[sounding]", "[trumpeting]", "sounding-trumpets", "trumpeting"]·FR["[למחצצרים]", "[למחצרים]", "[מחצצרים]", "[מחצרים]", "[מחצרים]", "[מחצררים]"]·heb["(מחצרים)", "(מחצרים)", "[מחצצרים]", "[מחצררים]", "ל-ה-(למחצרים)", "ל-ה-[למחצצרים]"]·HI["(बजानेवाले)", "[बजानेवाले]", "को-तुरही-बजानेवालों", "तुरहियाँ-बजाईं", "तुरही-बजाते-हुए", "बजती-थीं"]·ID["(ketiv)", "(qere)", "[meniup]", "bagi-peniup-nafiri", "meniup", "meniup-nafiri"]·IT["suonare-tromba"]·jav["(ngunekaken)", "[ngunekaken]", "[ngunèkaken-slomprèt]", "ingkang-nyebul", "ingkang-nyebul-slomprèt", "kanggé-ingkang-nyebul-slomprèt", "ngungelaken-slomprèt", "ngunèkaken-slomprèt"]·KO["(나팔-불고-있는)", "(에게-그-나팔-부는-자들)", "(크티브)", "[나팔-불고-있는]", "[에게-그-나팔-부는-자들]", "나팔-불고-있었다", "나팔부는-자들", "불고-있었다"]·PT["(tocando)", "(tocando-trombetas)", "[tocando-trombetas]", "aos-tocadores-de-trombetas", "tocando", "tocando-trombetas"]·RU["(трубящие)", "[для-трубящих]", "[кетив]", "[трубящие]", "[трубящих]", "для-трубящих", "трубили", "трубящие", "трубящих"]·ES["(tocando-trompetas)", "[para-los-trompeteros]", "[tocando-trompetas]", "[tocando]", "para-los-trompeteros", "tocando", "tocando-trompetas"]·SW["(wakipiga-tarumbeta)", "(wapigao-tarumbeta)", "[]", "[wakipiga-tarumbeta]", "[wapigao-tarumbeta]", "[zinapigwa]", "wakipiga", "walipiga-tarumbeta", "wapiga-tarumbeta", "zinapigwa"]·TR["(borazan-çalanlar)", "(çalanlar)", "[K]", "[borazan-çalanlar]", "[çalanlar]", "çalıyordu", "çalıyorlardı"]·urd["(نرسنگا-بجانے-والوں)-کے-لیے", "(نرسنگا-بجانے-والے)", "[نرسنگا-بجانے-والوں]", "[نرسنگا-بجانے-والے]", "بجا-رہے-تھے", "بجایا", "نرسنگوں-سے", "نرسنگے-بجاتے-تھے"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [חצצר] vb. Kt, [חצר] Qr, denominat. from חצצרה = sound a clarion— Pi. Pt. מְחַצְּצ֯רִים 2 Ch 5:13 (Qr מְחַצְּרִים) = players on clarions. Hiph. Pt. מַחְצְצ֯רִים (Qr מַחְצְרִים as Hiph. v. Köii, 252) 1 Ch 15:24; + 3 times + 2 Ch 5:12 Baer, (van d. H. מחצררים); sound with clarions מח׳ בחצצרות 1 Ch 15:24 2 Ch 5:12; 13:14; abs. sounded (sounding) 2 Ch 7:6; 29:28, cf. חֲצֹצְרָה" dir="rtl" >חצצרה ad fin. (Kt in all to be pronounced (prob.) מְחַצְצְרִים).