Proverbs 28:7:1Prov.28.7.W1TAB

נוֹצֵ֣ר

notser

one keeping or guarding

Transliteration
no-TSER
Extended
noh-TSEHR
IPA
/noːˈtseːr/

Meaning by language

English
one keeping or guarding

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נוֹ + צֵ֣ר
no + tser
notser

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    no-TSER

  2. clause

    no-TSER to-RA BEN me-VIN

  3. sentence

    no-TSER to-RA BEN me-VIN ve-ro-E zo-le-LIM ya-khe-LIM a-VIV

Exegesis

The verse employs mesh-participial clauses, where notzer {נוֹצֵר | nō·ṣer} ‘one who keeps’ and mĕvîn {מֵבִין | mĕ·vîn} ‘understanding’ highlight the positive character of the son.

In contextProverbs 28:7

A son who keeps the law is understanding, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his father .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 28:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 28:7, so the Hebrew word נוֹצֵ֣ר (notser) 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.28.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.7.W1.S1) and character.