Proverbs 10:17:4Prov.10.17.W4TAB
מוּסָ֑ר
musar
“discipline or instruction”
- Transliteration
- mu-SAR
- Extended
- moo-SAAR
- IPA
- /muːˈsaːr/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mu-SAR
- 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
י־ס־ר
“discipline, chastening”
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 10:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 10:17, so the Hebrew word מוּסָ֑ר (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.10.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.17.W4.S1) and character.