Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3247
יְסוֹד
yesodyes-ode'
(Gate of the) Foundation
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yᵉçôwd
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3247is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3247
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: bottom, foundation, repairing
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
yesod is rendered "(Gate of the) Foundation". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 29:12Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Exodus 29:12יְס֖וֹד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's nineteen uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- base of9
- foundation their2
- foundations its2
- the foundation2
- a foundation of1
- and foundations its1
- foundation1
- foundation its1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְסוּדָה | yesudah | foundation | Uses1 |
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- יְס֖וֹד5
- יְס֣וֹד3
- יְסוֹד֙2
- הַיְס֥וֹד1
- הַיְס֑וֹד1
- וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ1
- יְסֹד֑וֹ1
- יְס֥וֹד1
- יְסוֹדָ֑ם1
- יְסוֹדָֽם׃1
- יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃1
- יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcfpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Exodus
one use
Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- יְס֖וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
Leviticus
eight uses
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- יְסוֹד֙yesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- יְסוֹד֙yesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- יְס֖וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- יְס֖וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
- יְס֖וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
- יְס֣וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
- יְס֣וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- יְס֖וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: base of
2 Chronicles
one use
a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.
- הַיְס֑וֹדhaysodthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the foundation
Job
two uses
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- יְסוֹדָ֑םyesodamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: foundation their
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- יְסוֹדָֽם׃yesodamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: foundation their
Psalms
one use
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- הַיְס֥וֹדhaysodthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the foundation
Proverbs
one use
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
- יְס֣וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a foundation of
Lamentations
one use
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
- יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סyesodoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: foundations its
Ezekiel
two uses
I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- יְסֹד֑וֹyesodonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foundation its
A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
- יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃yesodoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: foundations its
Micah
one use
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
- וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָvisodeihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and foundations its
Habakkuk
one use
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- יְס֥וֹדyesodnoun · masculine singulartagged: foundation
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 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.