mab.bat denotes an anticipated source of help or security, shown failing or bringing shame in these verses.

The three occurrences portray an anticipated source of help or security: Cush and Egypt are objects of reliance in Isaiah 20:5 and Isaiah 20:6, while Ekron's anticipation is put to shame in Zechariah 9:5.

1. Anticipated help or security · dominant

   All three construct-form occurrences identify what a people or place looks to for support. In Isaiah 20:5 the APB renders Cush as “their expectation” and Egypt as “their beauty”; in Isaiah 20:6 it renders the coastland's refuge as “our expectation to which we fled there for help”; and in Zechariah 9:5 it says Ekron's “hope has been put to shame.”

   Isaiah 20:5Isaiah 20:6Zechariah 9:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “expectation” in Isaiah 20:5 and Isaiah 20:6 and “hope” in Zechariah 9:5. These renderings confirm the verses' reliance context rather than establish separate senses.