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title: אֶשֶׁד — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשֶׁד (793), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: foundation. BDB 1906: foundation, bottom, lower part. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשֶׁד

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«אֶשֶׁד» 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:** 793 · **BDB:** אֶ֫שֶׁד

### Glosses

the.slope (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/793/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

foundation, bottom, lower part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/793/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] foundation, bottom, lower part (slope) (Assyrian išdu cf. LotzTP 186; \> others from אֲשַׁד, ܝܫܕ pour, Sab. אסד = מסקי (משׁקה) DHMZMG 1883, 8, whence fall, slope; cf. Di Nu 21:15) א׳ הַנְּחָלִים the bottom of the ravines Nu 21:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶשֶׁד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/793/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.15/)

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וְאֶ֙שֶׁד֙ הַנְּחָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָ֖ה לְשֶׁ֣בֶת עָ֑ר וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן לִגְב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and the.slope of the.wadis which it.extends to the.dwelling of.Ar and it.leans to the.border of.Moab

*JPS 1917:* And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —

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