אֶ֫דֶן57 H0134
Socket, pedestal base (of the Tabernacle); broadly, foundation or base of a structure
Designates the metal socket or pedestal base into which the upright boards and pillars of the Tabernacle were set, typically cast from silver or bronze. The vast majority of its 57 occurrences cluster in the Tabernacle construction texts of Exodus and Numbers, where pairs of sockets anchor each plank. Outside this technical usage, it appears in two memorable poetic passages: Job 38:6 asks who sank the foundations (אַדְנֵי) of the earth, and Song 5:15 describes the beloved's legs as pillars set on pedestals of fine gold. The Spanish 'basas' and French 'bases' consistently reflect the architectural meaning.
Senses
1. socket or pedestal base — The primary technical sense (55x): a metal socket or pedestal base used in Tabernacle construction. Each board required two silver sockets (Exod 26:19–21), and each pillar one bronze socket, totaling nearly a hundred for the entire structure. Multilingual glosses ('bases/basas/bases/Fuesse') consistently render architectural hardware. The Exodus 38:27 summary tallies one hundred sockets from one hundred talents of silver, emphasizing their material weight. 55×
AR["قاعِدَتانِ","وَ-قاعِدَاتُها","وَ-قواعِدُها","وَ-قَواعِدُها","وَ-قَوَاعِدُهَا","وَقَوَاعِدُهَا"]·ben["এবং-তাদের-ভিত্তি","এবং-তাদের-ভিত্তিগুলি","এবং-তাদের-ভিত্তিগুলো","এবং-পাদদানগুলি-তাদের","ভিত্তি"]·DE["Fuesse","und-ihr-Fuesse","und-ihr-bases"]·EN["and-their-bases","bases"]·FR["bases","et-leur-bases"]·heb["אדנים","ו-אדניהם"]·HI["और-उनकी-कुर्सियाँ","और-उनके-आधार","कुर्सियाँ"]·ID["alas","dan-alas mereka","dan-alas-alasnya"]·IT["e-i-loro-piedistalli","e-loro-bases","piedistalli"]·jav["alas-alas","lan-alas-alas-ipun","lan-dhasar-dhasar-ipun","lan-dhasar-dhasaripun","lan-landheyanipun","lan-sikilipun"]·KO["그리고-그것들의-받침들","그리고-그것들의-받침들은","그리고-그들의-받침들이","받침들을"]·PT["bases","e-bases-delas","e-suas-bases"]·RU["и-подножия-их","и-подставки-их","и-подставок-их","подставки"]·ES["basas","y-basas-de-ellas","y-sus-basas"]·SW["na-vitako-vyake","vitako"]·TR["tabanlar","ve-kaideleri","ve-tabanları"]·urd["اور-ان-کی-چوکیاں","اور-اُن-کی-چوکھٹیں","اور-اُن-کے-قاعدے","قاعدے"]
Exod 26:19, Exod 26:19, Exod 26:19, Exod 26:21, Exod 26:21, Exod 26:25, Exod 26:25, Exod 26:25, Exod 26:25, Exod 26:32, Exod 26:37, Exod 27:10 (+38 more)
2. foundation of a structure — An extended architectural or cosmological sense (2x), used for the foundations of larger structures. In Job 38:6, God challenges Job about who laid the earth's אַדְנֵי — its foundation pedestals — parallel to its cornerstone, evoking cosmic architecture. In Song 5:15, the beloved's legs rest on אַדְנֵי פָז 'pedestals of fine gold,' transferring the image from sacred architecture to human beauty. The shift from cultic hardware to cosmic and literary metaphor marks a distinct semantic extension. 2×
AR["أَدْنِي-","قَوَاعِدُهَا"]·ben["-ভিত্তি-","তার-ভিত্তিগুলি"]·DE["Herr","[אדניה]"]·EN["its-foundations","pedestals-of-"]·FR["des-bases","sa-אדניה-elle"]·heb["אדני","אדניה"]·HI["आधारों-","उसकी-नींवें"]·ID["alas-alas","tiang-tiangnya"]·IT["its-foundations-sua","pedestals-of"]·jav["dhasar-","pondasi-ipun"]·KO["그것-의-기초들이","받침들-의"]·PT["bases-de","suas-bases"]·RU["основания-её","подставках-"]·ES["bases-de-","sus-bases"]·SW["msingi-wa-","msingi-wake"]·TR["kaideleri","temelleri"]·urd["اس کے پایے","خالص-سونے-کی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
[אֶ֫דֶן57] n.m. Ex 26:19 base, pedestal—אָדֶ֑ן Ex 38:27; pl. אֲדָנִים Ex 26:19 +; cstr. אַדְנֵי Ct 5:15 +, etc. 1. pedestals of fine gold, on wh. pillars of marble were set Ct 5:15. 2. pedestals of the earth on wh. its pillars were placed Jb 38:6 (‖ corner-stone). 3. (metal) pedestals, bases, or sockets in wh. tenons of planks & pillars of tabernacle were set up; two for each plank & one for each…