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Hebrew verb · H3245

יָסַד

yasadyaw-sad'

to found

43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yâçad

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3245is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 37
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3245

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

The King James renders it: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

yasad is rendered "to found". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 9:18Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-seven different ways.

The first use

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

Exodus 9:18הִוָּסְדָ֖ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in sixteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • it was founded5
  • and founded3
  • he founded it3
  • founded2
  • he had appointed2
  • to found2
  • and founding of1
  • and I will refound you1
  • and they founded1
  • and to found1
  • founding of1
  • he established1

and 20 more, 43 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

יָסַףyasaphto add: againUses212
יָסַרyasarto disciplineUses43
יָסַךְyasakto pourUses1

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

37 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וְיֹסֵ֣ד2
  • יִסַּ֥ד2
  • יִסַּ֣ד2
  • יָֽסַד־2
  • יְסָדָ֑הּ2
  • יְסַדְתָּֽם׃2
  • בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם1
  • בְּיָסְד֔וֹ1
  • בְּיָסְדִי־1
  • הוּסַ֣ד1
  • הוּסַ֥ד1
  • הִוָּסְדָ֖ה1

and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular8HVPp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4HVqp3ms/Sp3fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HC/Vqrmsa
  • verb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVHp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqp2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqp2ms/Sp3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vqcc
  • Hc/Vpq3cp1Hc/Vpq3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1HC/VPsmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/Vqcc
  • Hc/Vqq1cs/Sp2fs1Hc/Vqq1cs/Sp2fs

Exodus

one use
  • Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

    Exodus 9:18

    • הִוָּסְדָ֖הhivasedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: was founded it

Joshua

one use
  • At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

    Joshua 6:26

    • יְיַסְּדֶ֔נָּהyeyassedenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will found it

1 Kings

four uses
  • And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

    1 Kings 5:17

    • לְיַסֵּ֥דleyasedpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to found
  • The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

    1 Kings 6:37

    • יֻסַּ֖דyusadverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was founded
  • The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

    1 Kings 7:10

    • וּמְיֻסָּ֕דumeyusadconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and founded
  • In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

    1 Kings 16:34

    • יִסְּדָ֗הּyisedahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he founded it

1 Chronicles

one use
  • The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

    1 Chronicles 9:22

    • יִסַּ֥דyisadverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had appointed

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

    2 Chronicles 3:3

    • הוּסַ֣דhusadverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: founding of
  • The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 24:27

    • וִיסוֹד֙visodconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and founding of
  • In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

    2 Chronicles 31:7

    • לְיִסּ֑וֹדleyisodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to found

Ezra

four uses
  • On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.

    Ezra 3:6

    • יֻסָּֽד׃yusadverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was founded
  • When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

    Ezra 3:10

    • וְיִסְּד֥וּveyiseduHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they founded
  • And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

    Ezra 3:11

    • הוּסַ֥דhusadverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was founded
  • But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

    Ezra 3:12

    • בְּיָסְד֔וֹbeyasedopreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when founded it

Esther

one use
  • By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

    Esther 1:8

    • יִסַּ֣דyisadverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had appointed

Job

one use
  • Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

    Job 38:4

    • בְּיָסְדִי־beyasedi-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when founded I

Psalms

ten uses
  • The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

    Psalms 2:2

    • נֽוֹסְדוּ־nosdu-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they seat themselves
  • From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

    Psalms 8:2

    • יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫yisadtaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have established
  • For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

    Psalms 24:2

    • יְסָדָ֑הּyesadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he founded it
  • For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

    Psalms 31:13

    • בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣םbehivasedampreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when they seated themselves
  • He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

    Psalms 78:69

    • יְסָדָ֥הּyesadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he founded it
  • The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

    Psalms 89:11

    • יְסַדְתָּֽם׃yesadtamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you founded them
  • In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

    Psalms 102:25

    • יָסַ֑דְתָּyasadtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you founded
  • He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

    Psalms 104:5

    • יָֽסַד־yasad-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he established
  • the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

    Psalms 104:8

    • יָסַ֬דְתָּyasadtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you had established
  • Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.

    Psalms 119:152

    • יְסַדְתָּֽם׃yesadtamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you have established them

Proverbs

one use
  • The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

    Proverbs 3:19

    • יָֽסַד־yasad-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he founded

Song of Solomon

one use
  • His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

    Song of Solomon 5:15

    • מְיֻסָּדִ֖יםmeyusadimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: founded

Isaiah

nine uses
  • What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

    Isaiah 14:32

    • יִסַּ֣דyisadverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has founded
  • Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

    Isaiah 23:13

    • יְסָדָ֣הּyesadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it allocated it
  • So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

    Isaiah 28:16

    • יִסַּ֥דyisadverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has laid
    • מוּסָּ֔דmusadverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: founded
  • who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

    Isaiah 44:28

    • תִּוָּסֵֽד׃ סtivasedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it be refounded
  • Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

    Isaiah 48:13

    • יָ֣סְדָהyasedahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it founded
  • But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

    Isaiah 51:13

    • וְיֹסֵ֣דveyosedconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and founded
  • I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

    Isaiah 51:16

    • וְלִיסֹ֣דvelisodconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to found
  • “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

    Isaiah 54:11

    • וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְvisadtikhHc/Vqq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will refound you

Amos

one use
  • He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

    Amos 9:6

    • יְסָדָ֑הּyesadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he has founds it

Habakkuk

one use
  • Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

    Habakkuk 1:12

    • יְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃yesadtoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you have established it

Haggai

one use
  • Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

    Haggai 2:18

    • יֻסַּ֥דyusadverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was founded

Zechariah

three uses
  • “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

    Zechariah 4:9

    • יִסְּד֛וּyiseduverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have founded
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

    Zechariah 8:9

    • יֻסַּ֨דyusadverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was founded
  • This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

    Zechariah 12:1

    • וְיֹסֵ֣דveyosedconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and founded

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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