חֲצוֹצְרֹת chatsotsrot (H2689) translates to a trumpet or clarion. חֲצוֹצְרֹת chatsotsrot comes from a root word that means to blow and concretely represented by a yard (H2691) or grass (H2682). “When the trumpets from the city are sounded as an alarm of invasion, the inhabitants of the surrounding fields and villages, or yards, go to the protection of the walled city.”
– Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center. The difference between a trumpet and clarion is that trumpet is a musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of b-flat while clarion is (music) a medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.
