Proverbs 23:12:2Prov.23.12.W2TAB
לַמּוּסָ֣ר
lamusar
“to discipline”
- Transliteration
- la-mu-SAR
- Extended
- lah-moo-SAAR
- IPA
- /lam.muˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to discipline
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-mu-SAR
- clause
ha-VI-a la-mu-SAR li-BE-kha
- sentence
ha-VI-a la-mu-SAR li-BE-kha ve-a-ze-NE-kha le-i-me-re-DA-at
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hiphil imperative havi’ah {הָבִ֣יאָה | hā·vî·ʾāh} ‘bring’, which governs the goal phrase la·mû·sār lĭb·bĕ·ḵā {לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ | la·mû·sār li·bĕ·ḵā} ‘to discipline your heart’.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod–samekh–resh
“discipline, correction”
In context — Proverbs 23:12
Bring your heart to instruction , and your ears to the sayings of knowledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:12, so the Hebrew word לַמּוּסָ֣ר (lamusar) 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.23.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.12.W2.S1) and character.