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הבוטח
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:59 am
by MGWB
Does הבוטח mean sure or trust (or can it mean both)?
Re: הבוטח
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:35 am
by Yigal Levin
Hi Michael,
As with many terms, the exact english equivellant would depend on context. Do you have a specific passage in mind?
Yigal Levin
Re: הבוטח
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:54 am
by markofcain
Yigal is correct -- context is everything.
If this is the definite participle of בָטַח found in Ps 86:2, the primary meaning would be "trust" -- as "the one trusting." BDB (Brown, Driver, Briggs) couples the word with the preposition אֶל to indicate the object of the confidence -- which is the construction you find in Ps 86:2 "...the one trusting in You."
Re: הבוטח
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:34 pm
by kwrandolph
The specific form הבוטח is found in only two verses, Ps 32:10 and 86:2.
The Ps 32:10 is a noun, referring to the person who trusts God.
Ps 86:2 looks like it’s used as an adjective referring to God’s slave.
Karl W. Randolph.