2 Kings 18:22:52 Kgs.18.22.W5TAB
בָּטָ֑חְנוּ
batakhnu
“we have trusted”
- Transliteration
- ba-TAKH-nu
- Extended
- baa-TAHKh-noo
- IPA
- /baːˈtˤaħ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we have trusted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-TAKH-nu
- clause
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The clause el-yehoVah elohenu batachnu {אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ בָּטָ֑חְנוּ | ʾel-Yᵉhôwâ ʾĕlōhê-nû bāṭāḥnû} ‘in the LORD our God we have trusted’ functions as the protasis.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–tav–chet
“to trust, rely on”
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word בָּטָ֑חְנוּ (batakhnu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.18.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W5.S1) and character.