mosada · foundation

What it means

mosada (מוֹסָדָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “foundation”.

The base on which something rests.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The base of a building, mountains or earth.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×2
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Micah×1

• Deuteronomy 32:22

  For a fire has been kindled in my anger, and it burns to the lowest Sheol; it devours the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.

• 2 Samuel 22:8

  The earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook, because he burned with anger.

• 2 Samuel 22:16

  The channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of YHWH, at the breath of the wind of his nostrils.

• Psalms 18:7

  The earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he burned with anger.

• Psalms 18:15

  The channels of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, YHWH, at the breath of the wind of your nostrils.

• Isaiah 24:18

  And it will happen: the one who flees from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare; for the floodgates on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.

• Isaiah 40:21

  Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

• Isaiah 58:12

  And those from you will build the ancient ruins; the foundations of generation after generation you will raise up; and you will be called ‘Repairer of breaches, restorer of paths to live in.’

• Jeremiah 31:37

  Thus says YHWH: “If the heavens can be measured above, and the foundations of the earth searched out below, then also I will reject all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares YHWH.

• Jeremiah 51:26

  And they will not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for you will be eternal desolations, declares YHWH.

• Micah 6:2

  Hear, mountains, the dispute of YHWH, and you perennial foundations of the earth; for YHWH has a dispute with his people, and with Israel he will argue.