This noun appears in Psalm 80:15 in reference to a vine that God planted. The word likely means the stock, base, or root of a plant—the supporting foundation from which it grows. However, the text is somewhat uncertain; some suggest reading it as a verb meaning 'establish' or 'protect,' while the noun interpretation takes it as the counterpart to the vine's branches mentioned in the same verse. The psalm uses extended vine imagery for Israel, and this term refers to the fundamental, stable part of the vine that God himself established.