Proverbs 1:7:6Prov.1.7.W6TAB
וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר
umusar
“and instruction”
- Transliteration
- u-mu-SAR
- Extended
- oo-moo-SAAR
- IPA
- /uː.muːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and instruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-mu-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
kha-khe-MA u-mu-SAR
- clause
kha-khe-MA u-mu-SAR e-vi-LIM ba-ZU
- sentence
yir-AT ye-ho-VAH re-shIT da-AT kha-khe-MA u-mu-SAR e-vi-LIM ba-ZU
Exegesis
The paired nouns chokmāh {חָכְמָה | ḥāḵmāh} “wisdom” and musar {וּמוּסָר | ū-mûsār} “instruction” set up what ʼəwīlîm {אֱוִילִים | ʼəwīlīm} “fools” reject, with bāzû {בָּזוּ | bāzû} “they despise” concluding the antithesis. English preserves the Hebrew emphasis on priority and contrast.
Root and etymology
RootYod-Samekh-Resh
“discipline, correction”
In context — Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction fools despise.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 1:7, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר (umusar) 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.1.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.7.W6.S1) and character.