bit.ta.chon denotes confidence or reliance, questioned in royal speech and associated with the living.

The attested uses show confidence or reliance: it is twice challenged in a message to Hezekiah and once attributed to whoever is joined with the living.

1. Confidence or reliance · dominant

   In 2 Kings 18:19 and Isaiah 36:4, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the question directed toward Hezekiah, where the APB renders, "What is this trust in which you trust?" In Ecclesiastes 9:4, the same form occurs in the statement that whoever is joined to the living has trust; the APB sets this beside the contrast between a living dog and a dead lion.

   2 Kings 18:19Ecclesiastes 9:4Isaiah 36:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clause in 2 Kings 18:19 and Isaiah 36:4 as “this trust in which you trust,” and in Ecclesiastes 9:4 says that the living person “has trust.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.