SOCKET (פֹּת, H7327, KJV HINGE), the base into which the pintle of a door was set to act as a pivot for swinging. Many inscribed door sockets have been found in excavations in Mesopotamia. The socket in Solomon’s Temple was a recess cut in the stone sill (1 Kings 7:50). צִיר֮, H7494, is the pole at the side of the door leaf which is set into the socket. אֶ֫דֶן, H149, base, connotes the support of the posts of the Tabernacle curtains and walls (Exod 26:19, et al.), some of silver, others of bronze, formed to mortise or tenon the elements supported. See Architecture.