ye.sod denotes an altar’s base and the foundational parts of structures, including what can be exposed or overthrown.

The attested noun most often identifies the base of the altar where blood is poured out; it also denotes foundations or foundational parts of houses, walls, cities, and other structures, whether uncovered, consumed, or overthrown. In Proverbs 10:25, the same foundation imagery describes the righteous as enduring.

1. Base of the altar · dominant

   The singular construct form occurs in sacrificial instructions where blood is put on the altar’s horns and then poured at its base. In Leviticus 4:7 the APB renders the action as pouring the bull’s blood “at the base of the altar of burnt offering,” and Leviticus 8:15 places this action within the altar’s purification and consecration.

   Exodus 29:12Leviticus 4:7Leviticus 4:18Leviticus 4:25Leviticus 5:9Leviticus 8:15
2. Foundation or underlying structural base · common

   The noun names what lies beneath or supports a built place: in Ezekiel 13:14 the wall is brought down until its foundation is uncovered, while Micah 1:6 describes Samaria’s foundations being uncovered. Job 4:19 locates the foundation of houses of clay “in the dust,” and Ezekiel 30:4 speaks of foundations being overthrown; Proverbs 10:25 applies the image to the righteous as “an everlasting foundation.”

   2 Chronicles 23:5Ezekiel 13:14Ezekiel 30:4Job 4:19Micah 1:6Proverbs 10:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: In the altar instructions, the APB repeatedly presents the location as “the base of the altar.” In structural settings it uses “foundation” or “foundations,”.