King James Version
Psalms 81:3 in the King James Version says “Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 81 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.”
Psalms 81:3 · KJV
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. through: or, against
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“Blow up”
H8628to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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