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Ezra 3:10

“And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָסַדyâçad · yaw-sad'
H3245 · Hebrew

Definition: to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
יִסְּד֥וּ — verb Piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vpp3cp
Usage: Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 9:18 Joshua 6:26 1 Kings 5:31 1 Kings 6:37 1 Kings 7:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 9 Verse 11

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.