Proverbs 10:17:3Prov.10.17.W3TAB
שׁוֹמֵ֣ר
shomer
“one who keeps or heeds”
- Transliteration
- sho-MER
- Extended
- shoh-MEER
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who keeps or heeds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-MER
- clause
O-rakh le-kha-YIM sho-MER mu-SAR
- sentence
O-rakh le-kha-YIM sho-MER mu-SAR ve-o-ZEV to-KHA-khat mat-EH
Exegesis
This is followed by the participial clause shomer musar {שׁוֹמֵר מוּסָר | šō-mēr mû-sār} ‘one who keeps discipline’, where the qal participle conveys ongoing action.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ר
“to keep, guard”
In context — Proverbs 10:17
The path to life is for one who keeps discipline , but one who forsakes correction goes astray.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 10:17, so the Hebrew word שׁוֹמֵ֣ר (shomer) 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.10.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.17.W3.S1) and character.