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title: יְסֻד — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְסֻד (3246), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: foundation. BDB 1906: foundation, beginning. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְסֻד

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«יְסֻד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **foundation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3246 · **BDB:** יְסֻד

### Glosses

\[was\].the.beginning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3246/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

foundation, beginning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3246/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] foundation, beginning, Ezr 7:9 יְסֻד הַמַּעֲלָה, but read rather, c. 𝔊, יָסַד (הוּא = Ezra subj.), v. Ry.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְסֻד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3246/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.9/)

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כִּ֗י בְּאֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן ה֣וּא יְסֻ֔ד הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל וּבְאֶחָ֞ד לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֗י בָּ֚א אֶל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כְּיַד־אֱלֹהָ֖יו הַטּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* (dm) on.\[day\] one of the month (the) first it \[was\].the.beginning of the.going.up from Babylon and on.\[day\] one of the month (the) fifth he.came to Jerusalem according to.the.hand his.God his (the) good on him

*JPS 1917:* For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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