H4527 H4527
Foundation or base structure, the underlying support from which a building rises
This architectural term denotes the foundation or base of a structure. In 1 Kings 7:9, it appears in the description of Solomon's temple construction, specifying that fine stones were used from the foundation upward. The term emphasizes the bottom structural layer that supports everything above it. Ancient Near Eastern building practices gave careful attention to foundations, especially for sacred or royal structures.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The foundation or base of a building, the structural layer from which construction rises. Used in describing Solomon's temple architecture where quality stones were specified 'from foundation' upward (1 Kings 7:9). The multilingual evidence (cimiento, fondation, foundation) consistently identifies this as the foundational base structure. 1×
AR["وَ-مِنَ-الـ-أَسَاسِ"]·ben["এবং-ভিত্তি-থেকে"]·DE["und-von-foundation"]·EN["and-from-foundation"]·FR["et-de-fondation"]·heb["ו-מ-מסד"]·HI["और-नींव-से"]·ID["dan-dari-dasar"]·IT["e-da-fondamento"]·jav["lan-saking-dhasar"]·KO["그리고-기초에서"]·PT["e-do-fundamento"]·RU["и-от-основания"]·ES["y-desde-cimiento"]·SW["hadi"]·TR["ve-temelden"]·urd["اور-سے-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
† מַסַּד n.[m.] foundation;—מִמַּסַּד (סָּ K3) 1 K 7:9 ‖ עַד־הַטְּפָחוֹת; Co reads מַסַּד also Ez 41:8 (for MT מיּ֯סְדוֹת).