Proverbs 13:3:1Prov.13.3.W1TAB
נֹצֵ֣ר
notser
“one who guards”
- Transliteration
- no-TSER
- Extended
- noh-TSEHR
- IPA
- /noːˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who guards
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-TSER
- clause
no-TSER PI-v sho-MER naf-SHO
- sentence
no-TSER PI-v sho-MER naf-SHO po-SEK se-fa-TAV me-khi-TA-la-LO
Exegesis
The verse employs a parallel antithetical structure centered on two participial clauses: notzer {נֹצֵ֣ר | nō-ṣēr} ‘guarding’ piv {פִּ֭יו | pîw} ‘his mouth’ contrasts with posek {פֹּשֵׂ֥ק | pō-śēq} ‘opening wide’ sefataiv {שְׂפָתָ֗יו | sə-p̄ā-tāyw} ‘his lips.’
Root and etymology
n-ts-rnun–tsade–resh
“to guard, watch”
In context — Proverbs 13:3
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life ; but whoever opens wide his lips comes to ruin .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 13:3, so the Hebrew word נֹצֵ֣ר (notser) 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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.3.W1.S1) and character.