King James Version

Psalms 81:3

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 81:4.

תִּקְע֣וּtiqvblowתָּקַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “blow”, a commandH8628to 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 bondsman by handclasping)blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.בַחֹ֣דֶשׁvachodeshin monthחֹדֶשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.שׁוֹפָ֑רshofarcornetשׁוֹפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cornet”, the ordinary formH7782a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horncornet, trumpet.בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶהbakesehin appointedכֶּסֶאpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in appointed”, the ordinary formH3677properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival(time) appointed.לְי֣וֹםleyomto as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…חַגֵּֽנוּchagenvfeastחַגnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “feast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2282a festival, or a victim therefor(solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(81-4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

Young’s Literal Translation

Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

World English Bible

Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

Darby Translation

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

Douay-Rheims

Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(81-4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σαλπίσατε ἐν νεομηνίᾳ σάλπιγγι, ἐν εὐσήμῳ ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς ὑμῶν.