Proverbs 1:3:2Prov.1.3.W2TAB

מוּסַ֣ר

musar

instruction or discipline

Transliteration
mu-SAR
Extended
moo-SAHr
IPA
/muːˈsar/

Meaning by language

English
instruction or discipline

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מוּ + סַ֣ר
mu + sar
musar

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    mu-SAR

  2. clause

    la-KHA-khat mu-SAR has-se-KEL

  3. sentence

    la-KHA-khat mu-SAR has-se-KEL TSE-dek u-mish-PAT u-me-sha-RIM

Exegesis

The noun musar {מוּסַר | mû-sar} 'instruction' and the Hiphil infinitive construct haskel {הַשְׂכֵּל | ha-šêl} 'prudence' form a construct chain specifying instruction in wise behavior.

Root and etymology

Rootyod–samekh–resh

to chasten

In contextProverbs 1:3

To receive instruction for prudence, righteousness, justice, and uprightness .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 1:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 1:3, so the Hebrew word מוּסַ֣ר (musar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.1.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.3.W2.S1) and character.