יָסַד

Strong’s Definition

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to found, fix, establish, lay foundation
• 2.(qal) to found, establish, begin
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be founded, be laid
• 6.(hophal) to be founded

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâçad; Pronunciation: yaw-sad'