חֲצֹצְרָה

1. as secular instr. Hos 5,8 (|| שׁוֺפָר) 2 Kong 11,14 (twice in verse) = 2 Kron 23,13 (twice in verse).

2. as sacred instr. 2 Kong 12,14, especially for use by priests (only P, Sl 98,1–200 and Chronicles).
\ \ a. ׳תקע בח (of blowing a single long blast) 4 Mos 10,3; 4 Mos 10,4; 4 Mos 10,7; 4 Mos 10,8, to gather congregation or ׳נשׂיא together, and, on festivals, over sacrifice, 'to be remembered before ׳י,' v4 Mos 10,10.
\ \ b. ׳תקע תרועה בח, or ׳הריע בח (of sounding alarm, — a series of quick blasts) for camps to move 4 Mos 10,5; 4 Mos 10,6, also in battle, v4 Mos 10,9, 'to be remembered before ׳י;' so 4 Mos 31,6; 2 Kron 13,12 (compare v2 Kron 13,14), both התרועה ׳ח.
\ \ c. especially in Chr's descriptions of ceremonies at festivals, to express rejoicing: 1 Kron 13,8; 1 Kron 15,28 (|| קוֺל שׁוֺפָר), 1 Kron 16,6; 1 Kron 16,42; 2 Kron 15,14 (|| שׁוֺפָר), 2 Kron 20,28; 2 Kron 29,26; 2 Kron 29,27; Ezr 3,10; Neh 12,35; Neh 12,41; Sl 98,6 (|| קוֺל שׁוֺפָר); ׳הָרִים קוֺל בח 2 Kron 5,13 ׳מחצצרים בח 1 Kron 15,24; 2 Kron 5,12; 2 Kron 5,13; 2 Kron 13,14 in 2 Kron 29,28 this participle agrees with noun in sense, and is masculine; and the clarions (= players on the clarions) sounded. — The חֲצֹצְרָה, or (sacred) clarion, was a long, straight, slender metal tube, with flaring end, see Benz^{Archäol. 277}; distinguished thus from the שׁוֺפָר which was originally a ram's horn, and probably always retained the horn-shape; the שׁוֺפָר is mentioned constantly in the earlier literature, and was used by watchmen, warriors, etc., as well as priests (see Benz^{ib. 276 and} שׁוֺפָר).