Proverbs 1:8:3Prov.1.8.W3TAB
מוּסַ֣ר
musar
“discipline or instruction”
- Transliteration
- mu-SAR
- Extended
- moo-SAHR
- IPA
- /muːˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- discipline or instruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mu-SAR
- clause
she-MA be-NI mu-SAR a-VI-kha
- sentence
she-MA be-NI mu-SAR a-VI-kha ve-AL-ti-TOSH to-RAT i-ME-kha
Exegesis
The construct musar avikha {מוּסַר אָבִיךָ | mû·sār ʾā·ḇî·ḵā} ‘instruction of your father’ balances with torat immekha {תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ | tō·raṯ ʾim·mê·ḵā} ‘teaching of your mother,’ highlighting paternal and maternal roles.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–samekh–resh
“to discipline, correct”
In context — Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 1:8, 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.1.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.8.W3.S1) and character.