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title: אֹשׁ — foundation · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֹשׁ (lemma:אֹשׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.m. foundation. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹשׁ

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«אֹשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **foundation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:אֹשׁ · **BDB:** אֹשׁ

### Glosses

the (2); foundations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b9_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b9_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 6:3 foundation (prob. loan-word from Assyrian uššû, id., √ אשׁשׁ (v. BH), so Zim KAT 3. 649; 𝔗 f. אוּשָׁא, NH אוּשָׁה, Chr-Pal. ܐܘܫ, ܐܘܫܐ, SchulthLex. 19; Arabic أُسٌّ: Nö M 99);—pl. emph. אֻשַּׁיָּא Ezr 4:12; 5:16; sf. אֻשֹּׁהִי 6:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b9_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.16/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר דֵּ֔ךְ אֲתָ֗א יְהַ֧ב אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א דִּי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א שְׁלִֽם׃

*Word for word:* then Sheshbazzar this he.came he.laid the foundations (diy).of the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and from then and until now \[it.is\].being.built and not \[it.is\].finished

*JPS 1917:* Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

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[Ezra 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/)

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יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil \[they.are\].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing

*JPS 1917:* be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.

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