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H3245 יָסַד (yâçad) yaw-sad'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

KJV Usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָסַד (ya.sad) — to found. 1) to found, fix, establish, lay foundation 1a) (Qal) to found, establish, begin 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave 1b2) to be founded 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to found 1c2) to establish, appoint, ordain 1d) (Pual) to be founded, be laid 1e) (Hophal) to be founded

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · יְסֻד · יְסֹוד · יְסוּדָה · מֹוסָד · מוּסָד · מֹוסָדָה · מוּסָדָה · מַסַּד

Space | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al, verb hof

to lay the foundations = causative action by which humans put in place the bottom part of a building or larger structure, usually below the ground level, which will have to bear the entire construction

JOS 6:26 · 1KI 5:31 · 1KI 6:37 · 1KI 7:10 · 1KI 16:34 · EZR 3:6 · EZR 3:10 · EZR 3:11 · EZR 3:12 · JOB 38:4 · PSA 24:2 · ISA 28:16 · ISA 44:28 · ISA 54:11 · HAG 2:18 · ZEC 4:9 · ZEC 8:9

Endure | verb qal

to establish literally: to lay the foundation (for a decree); hence: = action by which deities issue orders that is supposed to remain valid indefinitely

PSA 119:152

Exist | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al

to found, to build, to rebuild, to establish literally: to found; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities bring something into existence

EXO 9:18 · 2CH 24:27 · 2CH 31:7 · PSA 78:69 · PSA 89:12 · PSA 102:26 · PSA 104:5 · PRO 3:19 · SNG 5:15 · ISA 14:32 · ISA 48:13 · ISA 51:13 · ISA 51:16 · AMO 9:6 · ZEC 12:1

Role | verb qal, verb pi

to establish literally: to lay as a foundation; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities assign a role to (other) humans

1CH 9:22 · HAB 1:12

Solid | verb hof

to be firm = state in which an object can bear an exceedingly heavy weight, and so can be trusted to function as it is supposed to

ISA 28:16

Strong | verb pi

Collocation: יסד עֹז

to establish strength literally: to lay the foundation of strength; hence: = action by which deities draw strength out of a certain event

PSA 8:3

Think | verb qal, verb hof, verb pi

to give orders, to assign, to fix literally: to lay as foundation; hence: = action by which humans or deities make a firm decision about something

2CH 3:3 · EST 1:8 · PSA 104:8 · ISA 23:13

verb

Think | verb nif

to conspire, to scheme only found in poetry; = action by which humans discuss a particular course of action ► with the purpose of doing something that will negatively affect others

PSA 2:2 · PSA 31:14

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָסַד vb. establish, found, fix Qal found, establish

Niph. fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave

be founded

Pi. found

establish

Pu. be founded, be laid, of a foundation

Hoph. be founded

base

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