The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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חֲצוֹצְרָה‏ n.f. trumpet

trumpet JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. TgO Num10:2 : תַרתֵין חֲצוֹצְרָן דִכסַף‏ two silver trumpets. TN Num10:2 : עבד לך תרתין חצוצרין דכסף‏ . TgIIChron 5:12 : כהניא עד מאה ועשרין מחצצרין בחצצרתא‏ the priests, as many as 120, were sounding the trumpets.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 213a; DJBA: 479a; Jastrow: 495; Levy Ch-W: 1:278; Tal Sam: 290b;

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Derivatives:

ḥṣṣr vb. to blow (the trumpet)