H3248 H3248
His foundation, referring to Zion in Psalm 87, with the city as the object of God's love
This possessive form appears in Psalm 87:1, where God's foundation is established on the holy mountains. The parallelism with 'the gates of Zion' makes clear that the city itself is meant. The image evokes stability, divine choice, and permanence—Jerusalem as the place where God has set his immovable foundation. The multilingual glosses preserve the possessive and architectural metaphor.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Means 'his foundation' in Psalm 87:1, referring to Zion as the city founded by God on the holy mountains. The architectural metaphor (German 'Grundfeste,' Spanish 'fundamento') emphasizes divine establishment and permanence, while the possessive suffix underscores God's personal choice and ownership of the holy city as his dwelling place. 1×
AR["أَسَاسُهُ"]·ben["তার-ভিত্তি"]·DE["sein-Grundfeste"]·EN["his-foundation"]·FR["fondation"]·heb["יסודתו"]·HI["इसकी-नींव"]·ID["Dasarnya"]·IT["[יסודתו]"]·jav["Dhasaripun"]·KO["그-의-기초-는"]·PT["Seu-fundamento"]·RU["основание-его"]·ES["Fundamento-de-el"]·SW["Msingi-wake"]·TR["temeli"]·urd["اُس-کی-بنیاد"]
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
† [יְסוּדָה] n.f. foundation = city founded; יְסוּדָתוֹ בְּהַרֲרֵי־קֹדֶשׁ ψ 87:1 (‖ אֹהֵב י׳ שַׁעֲרֵי צִיּוֹן).