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title: יְסוּדָה — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְסוּדָה (3248), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.f. foundation city founded. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְסוּדָה

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«יְסוּדָה» 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:** 3248 · **BDB:** יְסוּדָה

### Glosses

foundation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3248/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. foundation city founded [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3248/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. foundation = city founded; יְסוּדָתוֹ בְּהַרֲרֵי־קֹדֶשׁ ψ 87:1 (‖ אֹהֵב י׳ שַׁעֲרֵי צִיּוֹן).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְסוּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3248/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 87:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.87.1/)

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לִבְנֵי־קֹ֭רַח מִזְמ֣וֹר שִׁ֑יריְ֝סוּדָת֗וֹ בְּהַרְרֵי־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* of the.sons of.Korah a.psalm a.song foundation his \[is\].among.\[the\] mountains of.holiness

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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