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title: בִּטָּחוֹן — trust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּטָּחוֹן (986), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: trust. BDB 1906: n.m. trust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּטָּחוֹן

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«בִּטָּחוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trust** — 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:** 986 · **BDB:** בִּטָּחוֹן

### Glosses

trust (2); hope (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/986/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. trust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/986/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. trust 2 K 18:19 = Is 36:4; hope Ec 9:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּטָּחוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/986/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.4/)

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כִּי־מִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְחֻבַּ֔ר אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּח֑וֹן כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא ט֔וֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃

*Word for word:* (dm) who? \[is.the.one\].who he.is.united to all the living there.\[is\] hope (dm) to a.dog living it \[is\].good more.than the lion (the) dead

*JPS 1917:* For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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[2 Kings 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.18.19/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה אִמְרוּ־נָ֖א אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר מָ֧ה הַבִּטָּח֛וֹן הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּטָֽחְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them \[the\].Rab- shaqeh say please to Hezekiah thus he.says the king (the) great the.king of.Assyria what? \[is\].the trust (the) this which you.trust

*JPS 1917:* And Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Say ye now to Hezekiah: Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

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