osh denotes structural bases being repaired, laid, or supported in building work.

The attested forms refer to structural bases in building contexts: they are repaired in a city and laid or supported for the house of God.

1. Structural bases in construction · dominant

   In Ezra 4:12, the determined masculine plural form occurs with rebuilding activity as the APB renders the city workers “repairing the foundations.” In Ezra 5:16, the same plural form is used of Sheshbazzar laying them for the house of God; Ezra 6:3 uses the construct form in the decree that its foundations be supported.

   Ezra 4:12Ezra 5:16Ezra 6:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms as “foundations” in all three verses, describing their repair, laying, and support. These English phrases confirm the building context rather than isolate every feature of the Aramaic term.