chut describes repairing foundations while Jerusalem's walls are being built.

The sole attested use describes repair work on foundations in the setting of rebuilding Jerusalem's walls.

1. Repairing foundations in rebuilding · dominant

   In Ezra 4:12, the imperfect third masculine plural form occurs in a report about Jerusalem: the APB renders the surrounding clause, "they are building the walls, finishing the walls, and repairing the foundations."

   Ezra 4:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:12, the APB presents the action within the rebuilding report as "repairing the foundations,".