יָסַד
yâçad · yaw-sad'
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
- to set (literally or figuratively)
- intensively, to found
- reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to support and uphold › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works that works to support and uphold of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָסַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was laid3 · 10%
- to lay the foundation2 · 7%
- hath founded2 · 7%
- that the foundation2 · 7%
- the foundation1 · 3%
- he shall lay the foundation1 · 3%
- was the foundation1 · 3%
- laid1 · 3%
- and the foundation1 · 3%
- he laid the foundation1 · 3%
- did ordain1 · 3%
- was instructed1 · 3%
- but the foundation1 · 3%
- was not yet laid1 · 3%
- laid the foundation1 · 3%
- because the foundation1 · 3%
- when the foundation1 · 3%
- had appointed1 · 3%
- wast thou when i laid the foundations1 · 3%
- take counsel1 · 3%
- hast thou ordained1 · 3%
- for he hath founded1 · 3%
- while they took counsel1 · 3%
- which he hath established1 · 3%
- thereof, thou hast founded1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.