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title: אָשֵׁד — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָשֵׁד (798), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: foundation. 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 798

### Glosses

the.slopes (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/798/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1488/798/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.20/)

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וּבֵ֥ית פְּע֛וֹר בֵ֥ית פְּע֛וֹר וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹת הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה וּבֵ֥ית הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת בֵ֥ית הַיְשִׁמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and Beth Peor and the.slopes of.(the) Pisgah and Beth Jeshimoth

*JPS 1917:* and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;

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[Deuteronomy 4:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.49/)

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וְכָל־הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה עֵ֤בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה וְעַ֖ד יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה תַּ֖חַת אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת הַפִּסְגָּֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and all the Arabah the.other.side of the.Jordan eastwards and to the.sea of the.Arabah under the.slopes of.(the) Pisgah

*JPS 1917:* and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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