1. hope, expectation — The abstract noun denoting hope, expectation, or anticipated outcome. All four clusters represent the same lexical sense with mere grammatical variation (construct state, pronominal suffixes 1cs/3ms, conjunctive waw). Spanish uniformly renders 'esperanza,' Arabic uses 'رَجَاء' and 'تَوَقُّع' (both meaning hope/expectation), Hindi uses 'आशा' and 'प्रत्याशा' (hope/anticipation), Korean uses '소망' (hope) and '기대' (expectation), and Swahili consistently uses 'tumaini' (hope). The slight variation between 'hope' and 'expectation' in English/Arabic reflects register, not a distinct sense. 6×
AR["انْتِظاري","تَوَقُّعٌ","رَجَاءُ","رَجَاؤُهُ","وَ-تَوَقُّعُ","وَأَمَلِي"]·ben["আমার-আশা","আশা","এবং-আমার-প্রত্যাশা","এবং-প্রত্যাশা","তার-আশা"]·DE["[ותוחלת]","[ותוחלתי]","[תוחלת]","[תחלתו]","mein-Libanon"]·EN["and-my-hope","and-the-expectation-of","his-hope","hope","my-hope","the-hope-of"]·FR["[ותוחלתי]","espérance","et-ותוחלת","son-תחלתו-lui","תוחלת"]·heb["ו-תוחלת","ו-תוחלתי","תוחלת","תוחלת-י","תוחלתו"]·HI["आशा","आशा-मेरी","उसकी-आशा","और-प्रतीक्षा","और-मेरी-प्रत्याशा"]·ID["Pengharapan","dan-harapanku","dan-pengharapan","harapannya"]·IT["[ותוחלתי]","[תוחלתי]","e-e-il-expectation-di","his-hope-suo","il-speranza-di","speranza"]·jav["lan-pangajeng-ajeng-kawula","lan-pangarep-arep-saking","pangajeng-ajeng-kula","pangajeng-ajengipun","pangarep-arep","pangarep-arep-saking"]·KO["그것-의-소망이","그리고-기대-는","그리고-내-소망-이","기대-는","내-소망-이"]·PT["Esperança","Esperança-de","e-expectativa-de","e-minha-esperança","minha-esperança","sua-esperança"]·RU["и-надежда-моя","и-упование","надежда","надежда-его","надежда-моя"]·ES["Esperanza","esperanza-de","mi-esperanza","su-esperanza","y-esperanza-de","y-mi-esperanza"]·SW["na-matarajio-ya","na-tumaini-langu","tumaini","tumaini-la","tumaini-lake","tumaini-langu"]·TR["beklenti","beklentisi","umudu","umudum","ve-beklentisi","ve-umudum"]·urd["امید","اور-توقع","اور-میری-امید","اُس-کی-امید","میری-اُمید"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת n.f. hope, abs. ת׳ Pr 13:12; cstr. id. Pr 10:28; 11:7; sf. תּוֹחַלְתִּי ψ 39:8 La 3:18; תֹּחַלְתּוֹ Jb 41:1;—hope, sq. subj. gen. Jb 41:1 Pr 10:28; 11:7 La 3:18; sq. subj. gen. + לְ ψ 39:8 (תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ); alone Pr 13:12.