Proverbs 22:15:5Prov.22.15.W5TAB
מ֝וּסָ֗ר
musar
“discipline”
- Transliteration
- mu-SAR
- Extended
- MOO-SAAR
- IPA
- /muːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mu-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-vet mu-SAR
- clause
SHE-vet mu-SAR ya-re-khi-KE-NAH mi-ME-nu
- sentence
I-ve-let ke-SHOO-RA be-LEV-NA-ar SHE-vet mu-SAR ya-re-khi-KE-NAH mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
In the second clause the construct shevet musar {שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר | šēḇeṭ mūṣār} “rod of discipline” portrays an external corrective tool, governed by the hiphil imperfect verb yarḥîqennāh {יַרְחִיקֶנָּה | yarḥîqennāh} “will drive it far,” which expresses causative expulsion.
Root and etymology
yod–samekh–reshyod–samekh–resh
“instruction, discipline”
In context — Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 22:15, so the Hebrew word מ֝וּסָ֗ר (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.22.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.15.W5.S1) and character.