Proverbs 15:5:3Prov.15.5.W3TAB
מוּסַ֣ר
musar
“instruction or discipline”
- Transliteration
- mu-SAR
- Extended
- moo-SAR
- IPA
- /muːˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- instruction or discipline
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
- phraseyour reading level
yin-ETS mu-SAR a-VIV
- clause
e-VIL yin-ETS mu-SAR a-VIV
- sentence
e-VIL yin-ETS mu-SAR a-VIV ve-sho-MER to-KHA-khat ya-RIM
Exegesis
The construct chain musar aviv {מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יו | mû·sār ʾa·vîv} ‘instruction of his father’ functions as the object.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–samekh–resh
“to discipline, instruct”
In context — Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever keeps reproof is prudent.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 15:5, 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.5.W3.S1) and character.