Strong's Lexicon

H3247

H3247 — יְסוֹד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewycowdnoun femOccurrences: 20TWOT: 875b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3247
Word:	יְסוֹד
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H3245
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	20
Transliteration:	ycowd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yes-ode'
Meaning:	1. a foundation (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:	bottom, foundation, repairing

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BDB3591

יְסוֺד noun feminine^{Ezra 13}, 17 (masculine^{Job 22:16}) foundation, base, absolute יְסוֺד Hab 3:13 + 2 t.; construct id. Exod 29:12 + 9 t.; suffix יְסֹדוֺ; Ezek 13:14 יְסוֺדָם Job 4:19; Job 22:16 וִיסֹדֶיהָ Mic 1:6 יְסֹדֹתֶיהָ Lam 4:11 יְסוֺדוֺתֶיהָ Ezek 30:4 —

1. foundation of city (wall) Mic 1:6; Ps 137:7, compare Lam 4:11 figurative of Egypt Ezek 30:4 שַׁעַר הַיְסוֺד 2Chr 23:5 one of gates of temple (but read סוּר ׳ שׁ 2Kgs 11:6 or סוּס ׳ שׁ [rather הַסּוּסִים ׳ שׁ] Th Klo); figurative of men בֶּעָפָר ׳ יס; || שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19, compare Job 22:16 of righteous Prov 10:25 of hostile prince under figure of house Hab 3:13 (details obscure, v^{b
probably corrupt,} see We); of false prophecies under figure of wall of defence Ezek 13:14.

2. base, bottom, of altar Exod 29:12; Lev 4:7; Lev 4:18; Lev 4:25; Lev 4:30; Lev 4:34; Lev 5:9; Lev 8:15; Lev 9:9 (all P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יסוד (y’sohd)

Job 4:19

KJV: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

EHCC: whose foundation (is) in the dust,

Psalms 137:7

KJV: Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.Rase it: Heb. Make bare

EHCC: to the foundation thereof.

Micah 1:6

KJV: Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

EHCC: and 1 will discover the foundations thereof.

Habakkuk 3:13

KJV: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.by…: Heb. making naked

EHCC: discovering the foundation