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title: מַבָּט — expectation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַבָּט (4007), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: expectation. BDB 1906: n.m. expectation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַבָּט

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«מַבָּט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **expectation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4007 · **BDB:** מַבָּט²

### Glosses

of.confidence (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

expectation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4007/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. expectation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4007/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Zc 9:5 expectation = object of hope or confidence (lit. thing looked to);—sf. מַבָּטֵנוּ Is 20:6, מַבָּטָס v 5, מֶבָּטָהּ Zc 9:5;—of Cush as ally of Judah Is 20:5, 6; of Tyre as ally of Philistia Zc 9:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַבָּט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4007/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.20.5/)

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וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.dismayed and they.will.be.ashamed from Cush of.confidence their.object and from Egypt boasting their

*JPS 1917:* And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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[Zechariah 9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.5/)

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תֵּרֶ֨א אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וְתִירָ֗א וְעַזָּה֙ וְתָחִ֣יל מְאֹ֔ד וְעֶקְר֖וֹן כִּֽי־הֹבִ֣ישׁ מֶבָּטָ֑הּ וְאָ֤בַד מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽעַזָּ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* it.will.see Ashkelon and it.will.be.afraid and Gaza and it.will.be.in.anguish exceedingly and Ekron (dm) it.will.be.ashamed of.confidence its.object and he.will.perish a.king from Gaza and Ashkelon not it.will.remain

*JPS 1917:* Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained, and Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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