Proverbs 19:20:4Prov.19.20.W4TAB
מוּסָ֑ר
musar
“discipline or instruction”
- Transliteration
- mu-SAR
- Extended
- moo-SAR
- 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
she-MA E-TSA ve-kab-BEL mu-SAR
- sentence
she-MA E-TSA ve-kab-BEL mu-SAR le-MA-an te-khe-KAM be-a-kha-ri-TE-kha
Exegesis
The objects ‘etsah {עֵצָה | ʿēṣāh} ‘counsel’ and musar {מוּסָר | mūsār} ‘discipline’ form a semantic parallelism specifying forms of guidance.
Root and etymology
י־ס־ר
“to discipline, chasten”
In context — Proverbs 19:20
Hear counsel and receive discipline , so that you may become wise in your final outcome.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 19:20, 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.19.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.20.W4.S1) and character.