Proverbs 15:33:3Prov.15.33.W3TAB

מוּסַ֣ר

musar

discipline

Transliteration
mu-SAR
Extended
moo-SAR
IPA
/muːˈsar/

Meaning by language

English
discipline

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מוּ + סַ֣ר
mu + sar
musar

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    mu-SAR

  2. clause

    yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH mu-SAR khokh-MA

  3. sentence

    yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH mu-SAR khokh-MA ve-lif-NE kha-VOD a-na-VAH

Exegesis

The verse opens with the construct chain yirat YHWH {יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה | yirʾāṯ Yəhōwāh} ‘fear of the LORD,’ followed by a parallel chain musar chokhmah {מוּסַר חָכְמָ֑ה | mūsār ḥāḵmāh} ‘instruction of wisdom.’

Root and etymology

y-s-ryod–samekh–resh

to instruct, discipline

In contextProverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom , and before honor comes humility.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 15:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 15:33, 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.15.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.33.W3.S1) and character.