H8619 H8619
trumpet, ram's horn (blast instrument used for signaling; possibly infinitive 'blowing' rather than noun)
This term in Ezekiel 7:14 is textually uncertain. The traditional rendering takes it as a noun meaning 'trumpet' or 'blast instrument' (with the preposition ב: 'with the trumpet'). However, the morphology is difficult, and many scholars prefer to delete the preposition and read תָּקוֹעַ as an infinitive absolute meaning 'to blow' or 'blowing'—thus 'they blow the trumpet' rather than 'blow with the trumpet.' Both readings point to the same semantic field of trumpet-blowing as a call to military action. The context is one of war alarm that goes unheeded because of divine judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to a trumpet or ram's horn used for signaling, or possibly the act of blowing such an instrument. Ezekiel 7:14 describes trumpet-blowing in the context of war preparation, though the exact grammatical parsing is disputed. If read as a noun, it denotes the blast instrument itself (שׁוֹפָר or similar); if as an infinitive, it denotes the act of blowing. Either way, the semantic domain involves sound-signaling for military purposes. Multilingual evidence (Spanish 'trompeta,' French 'trompette') treats this as the instrument, while some German and French translations bracket the term, acknowledging textual difficulties. 1×
AR["في-البوقِ"]·ben["-তূরীতে"]·DE["[בתקוע]"]·EN["on-the-trumpet"]·FR["trompette"]·heb["ב-תקוע"]·HI["में-नरसिंगा"]·ID["sangkakala"]·IT["[בתקוע]"]·jav["ing-kalasangka"]·KO["그-나팔을"]·PT["a-trombeta"]·RU["в-трубу"]·ES["con-la-trompeta"]·SW["tarumbeta"]·TR["boruyu"]·urd["نرسنگے-میں"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תָּקוֹעַ n.[m.] a blast- (wind-) instrument (si vera l.);—abs. תָּקַע בַּתּ׳ Ez 7:14 (but del. ב, and treat תָּקוֹעַ as inf. abs., so Co and mod.).