to blow
ta.qa most often denotes sounding a trumpet or horn, and also describes driving in or fastening objects and striking hands in a pledge.
The dominant use concerns sounding trumpets or horns in public announcements, battle actions, warnings, gatherings, and celebrations. Other occurrences describe driving, thrusting, or fastening an object into place, while several wisdom sayings use the action of striking hands in connection with a pledge.
Senses in use
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Sounding a trumpet or horn · dominant
The Qal forms occur with trumpets or horns in commands and reports of their sounding: in Joshua 6:20 the APB renders the people as having “blew the trumpets” before the city is captured, and in Numbers 10:5 the trumpet action signals the eastern camps to set out. The same action accompanies royal proclamation in 1 Kings 1:39, warning in Ezekiel 33:3, and an alarm in Joel 2:1.
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Driving in, thrusting, or fastening · common
Several Qal forms describe a concrete object being driven or fixed: in Judges 4:21 the APB renders Jael as having “drove the peg into his temple,” while 2 Samuel 18:14 describes thrusting objects into Absalom's heart. Isaiah 22:23 presents the action as fastening a peg in a sure place; Exodus 10:19 applies it to the wind's driving the locusts toward the sea.
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Striking hands to pledge · occasional
In the wisdom sayings, the action is associated with a pledge or security arrangement rather than an instrument or a peg. In Proverbs 6:1 the APB renders the clause “you have struck your palm for a stranger,” and Proverbs 22:26 warns against those who “strike hands” in connection with loans.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the trumpet contexts, the APB commonly uses “blow,” “blew,” or “sound” with a trumpet or horn, as in 1 Kings 1:34 and Hosea 5:8. In physical and pledge contexts it varies with “thrust,” “fasten,” “drove,” and “struck,” but these are renderings of whole clauses.