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title: מוּסָדָה — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּסָדָה (4145), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.f. foundation, appointment Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּסָדָה

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«מוּסָדָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4145 · **BDB:** מוּסָדָה

### Glosses

of.appointment (1); the.foundations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4145/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. foundation, appointment Pu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4145/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. foundation, appointment מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Is 30:32 rod of appointment (cf. Hb 1:12 יָסַד), appointed rod (of punishment); pl. cstr. מוּסְדוֹת Ez 41:8 Qr, must mean foundations (si vera l.); Kt perhaps intends Pu. Pt. מְיֻסָּדוֹת founded, furnished with foundations (conject. emendation by Co).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּסָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4145/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 41:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.41.8/)

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וְרָאִ֧יתִי לַבַּ֛יִת גֹּ֖בַהּ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֑יב מוּסְד֤וֹת הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ מְל֣וֹ הַקָּנֶ֔ה שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת אַצִּֽילָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw to the house a.height all.around all.around the.foundations of the.side-chambers \[was\].the.fullness of the.reed six cubits a.joint

*JPS 1917:* I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about; the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six cubits to the joining.

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[Isaiah 30:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.32/)

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וְהָיָ֗ה כֹּ֤ל מַֽעֲבַר֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מֽוּסָדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנִ֤יחַ יְהוָה֙ עָלָ֔יו בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבְכִנֹּר֑וֹת וּבְמִלְחֲמ֥וֹת תְּנוּפָ֖ה נִלְחַם־בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be every blow of.\[the\].staff of.appointment which he.will.place Yahweh on it with tambourines and with harps and with battles of.brandishing he.will.fight against them

*JPS 1917:* And in every place where the appointed staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles of wielding will He fight with them.

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