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# מוּסָדָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4145

**foundation** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of appointment (1); the foundations (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4145/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).