Isaiah 20:6:8Isa.20.6.W8TAB
מַבָּטֵ֗נוּ
mabatenu
“our trust or our expectation”
- Transliteration
- ma-ba-TE-nu
- Extended
- mah-bah-TEE-noo
- IPA
- /mabːaːˈt̪eːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our trust or our expectation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ma-ba-TE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE-KHO ma-ba-TE-nu
- clause
ve-a-MAR yo-SHEV ha-I ha-ZE ba-YOM ha-HU hin-NE-KHO ma-ba-TE-nu a-sher-NAS-nu SHAM le-ez-RA le-hin-na-TSEL mip-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-a-MAR yo-SHEV ha-I ha-ZE ba-YOM ha-HU hin-NE-KHO ma-ba-TE-nu a-sher-NAS-nu SHAM le-ez-RA le-hin-na-TSEL mip-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-EKH nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
Exegesis
The relative purpose clause mabbaten-u asher nasnu sham le’ezrah {מַבָּטֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר נַסְנוּ שָׁם לְעֶזְרָה | mab-bā-tēnû ă-šer nas-nû šām lə-ʿe-zrāh} conveys hope for rescue.
Root and etymology
נ־ב־ט
“to look with hope”
In context — Isaiah 20:6
And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, “Behold, such is our expectation , where we fled for help, to be delivered from the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 20:6, so the Hebrew word מַבָּטֵ֗נוּ (mabatenu) 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 Isa.20.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.6.W8.S1) and character.