Proverbs 16:22:5Prov.16.22.W5TAB
וּמוּסַ֖ר
umusar
“and instruction or discipline”
- Transliteration
- u-mu-SAR
- Extended
- oo-moo-SAHR
- IPA
- /uːmuːˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and instruction or discipline
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-mu-SAR
- clause
u-mu-SAR e-vi-LIM i-VE-let
- sentence
me-KOR kha-YIM SE-khel be-a-LAV u-mu-SAR e-vi-LIM i-VE-let
Exegesis
The conjunction wə- introduces a contrasting clause where umusar {וּמוּסַ֖ר | wə-mû-sar} ‘discipline’ constructs with ewelim {אֱוִלִ֣ים | ʾĕ-wî-lîm} ‘fools,’ concluding with the predicate ivelet {אִוֶּֽלֶת | ʾi-vě-lêt} ‘folly.’ This chiastic parallelism highlights the contrast between the life-giving power of insight and the self-perpetuating error of the foolish.
Root and etymology
י־ס־ר
“discipline, instruction”
In context — Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 16:22, so the Hebrew word וּמוּסַ֖ר (umusar) 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.16.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.22.W5.S1) and character.