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title: אָשֵׁד — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָשֵׁד (794), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.f. foundation slope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָשֵׁד

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«אָשֵׁד» 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:** 794 · **BDB:** אֲשֵׁדָה

### Glosses

slopes (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/794/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. foundation slope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/794/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. foundation, (mountain-) slope (cf. supr.)—only pl. abs. אֲשֵׁדוֹת Jos 10:40; 12:8; cstr. אַשְׁדּוֹת Jos 12:3; 13:20; אַשְׁדֹּת Dt 3:17; 4:49—mountain-slopes Jos 10:40 ההר והנגב והשׁפלה והא׳; 12:8 (‖ id. + מדבר); elsewhere defined תַּחַת א׳ הַפִּסְגָּה Dt 3:17; 4:49 Jos 12:3 cf. 13:20.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָשֵׁד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/794/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.8/)

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בָּהָ֣ר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙ וּבָ֣אֲשֵׁד֔וֹת וּבַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב הַֽחִתִּי֙ הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַפְּרִזִּ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* in the.hill country and in the Shephelah and in the Arabah and on the slopes and in the wilderness and in the Negev the Hittite\[s\] the Amorite\[s\] and the Canaanite\[s\] the Perizzite\[s\] the Hivite\[s\] and the Jebusite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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[Joshua 10:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.40/)

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וַיַּכֶּ֣ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֡רֶץ הָהָר֩ וְהַנֶּ֨גֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֜ה וְהָאֲשֵׁד֗וֹת וְאֵת֙ כָּל־מַלְכֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א הִשְׁאִ֖יר שָׂרִ֑יד וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־הַנְּשָׁמָה֙ הֶחֱרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔ה יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.defeated Joshua (et) all the land the.hill country and the Negev and the Shephelah and the slopes and (et) all kings their not he.left a.survivor and (et) every (the).breathing thing he.totally.destroyed just as he.had.commanded Yahweh the.God of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the Lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining; but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.

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