מוּסָֽר׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מוּסָֽר׃

   mu-SAR

   discipline or instruction
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃

   ka-KHAT mu-SAR

   to take discipline or instruction
3. clause🔊 וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֣י שומע שְׁמ֔וֹעַ וּלְבִלְתִּ֖י קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃

   va-yak-SHU et-ar-pe-AM le-vil-TI sho-me-a she-MO-a u-le-vil-TI ka-KHAT mu-SAR

   and they hardened the neck of them or their neck so as not to hearing or listening to hear and so as not to to take discipline or instruction
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹ֣א שָֽׁמְע֔וּ וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֣י שומע שְׁמ֔וֹעַ וּלְבִלְתִּ֖י קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃

   ve-LO sha-me-U ve-LO hi-TU et-o-ZE-nam va-yak-SHU et-ar-pe-AM le-vil-TI sho-me-a she-MO-a u-le-vil-TI ka-KHAT mu-SAR

   and not they listened and not they inclined the ear of them or their ear and they hardened the neck of them or their neck so as not to hearing or listening to hear and so as not to to take discipline or instruction

Exegesis

The purpose marker le-bilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-ḇil-ti} ‘so as not’ introduces a negative purpose clause governing the infinitive constructs shemoa {שְׁמֹעַ | šə-mōaʿ} ‘to hear’ and kachat {קַחַת | qa-ḥat} ‘to take’, with musar {מוּסָר | mû-sār} ‘instruction’ specifying the refused guidance.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־ס־רyod–samekh–resh

“discipline, correction”

• 🔊 יָסַרyasarto disciplineProverbs 3:11