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# מַבָּט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4007

**expectation** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַבָּט²: n.m. expectation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4007/#m2)

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of confidence (3).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4007.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4007/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).