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title: מֹוסָד — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹוסָד (4144), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.m. foundation well. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹוסָד

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«מֹוסָד» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 4144 · **BDB:** מוֹסָד

### Glosses

\[the\].foundations (7); foundations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4144/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. foundation well [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4144/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 18:8 foundation;—pl. abs. מוֹסָדוֹת Je 51:26; cstr. מוֹסְדוֹת ψ 18:16 + 2 times, מֹסְדוֹת 2 S 22:16; מוֹסְדֵי Dt 32:22 + 6 times; מֹסְדֵי Mi 6:2;—foundations אֶבֶן למ׳ Je 51:26; מוֹסְדֵי אֶרֶץ foundations of the earth Mi 6:2; Is 24:18; Je 31:37; ψ 82:5 Pr 8:29; מ׳ הא׳ Is 40:21; מ׳ תֵּבֵל ψ 18:16 = 2 S 22:16; מ׳ הרים Dt 32:22 ψ 18:8; 2 S 22:8 has (less well) מ׳ שׁמים; מ׳ דור־ודור Is 58:12 (‖ חָרְבוֹת עולם) i.e. ancient foundations, now ruined.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹוסָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4144/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 82:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.82.5/)

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לֹ֤א יָֽדְע֨וּ ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ כָּל־מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* not they.know and not they.understand in darkness they.walk.about they.are.shaken all \[the\].foundations of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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[Psalms 18:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.8/)

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וַתִּגְעַ֬שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ ׀ הָאָ֗רֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵ֣י הָרִ֣ים יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.shook and it.quaked the earth and.\[the\] foundations of.\[the\].mountains they.trembled and they.shook.back.and.forth (dm) it.burned to him

*JPS 1917:* Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.

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