יָסַד yâçad — to set (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found, instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.
a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult.
yâçad in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 12Infinitive construct 4Participle (active) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 8Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 4Participle (passive) 2
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
Niph'al
Infinitive construct 2Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (passive) 1
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›