Hebrew edit

Root
ב־ח־ן (b-ḥ-n)

Verb edit

בָּחַן (bakhán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to test

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

בַּחַן (bákhanm

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) watchtower, fortress
    • Tanach, Isaiah 32:14:
      כִּי-אַרְמוֹן נֻטָּשׁ, הֲמוֹן עִיר עֻזָּב; עֹפֶל וָבַחַן הָיָה בְעַד מְעָרוֹת, עַד-עוֹלָם--מְשׂוֹשׂ פְּרָאִים, מִרְעֵה עֲדָרִים.
      The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks

References edit

  • בחן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language