--- title: יָסַר — discipline · The Tanakh dictionary description: יָסַר (3256), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: discipline. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3256.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)‎ / יָסַר‎ # יָסַר «יָסַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **discipline** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 43 times · **Key:** 3256 · **BDB:** יָסַר ### Glosses discipline (5); I (4); he.disciplined (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) discipline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3256/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3256/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. discipline, chasten, admonish (Talm 𝔗 יִ(י)סּוֹר. chastisement; but Aramaic יְסַר is bind)— Impf. 3 m. sf. וְיִסְּרֵנִי Is 8:11 (Di De SS see Bö§ 1103 Ew§ 249 d, but Thes MV Che al. Pi. Pf.); 1 s. sf. וְאֶסֳּרֵם Ho 10:10 (Ges§ 71); Inf. abs. יָסֹר 1 Ch 15:22 (noun Ke, point as pt. Öt); Pt. יֹסֵר Pr 9:7 ψ 94:10; יסורי Je 17:13 Kt v. סוּר;— admonish Is 8:11 (sq. sf. + מִלֶּכֶת away from walking, i.e. not to walk), Pr 9:7 (‖ מוֹכִיחַ). instruct, 1 Ch 15:22. discipline, of God Ho 10:10 ψ 94:10. Impf. יִוָּ֫סֶר עֶ֫בֶד Pr 29:19; אִוָּסֵר Je 31:18; תִּוָּֽסְרוּ Lv 26:23; Imv. f. הִוָּֽסְרִי Je 6:8; mpl. חִיָּסְרוּ ψ 2:10;—(Niph. tolerat., Ges§ 51. 2), let oneself be corrected, admonished by words of man ψ 2:10; Pr 29:19; let oneself be chastened by discipline of God Je 6:8; 31:18; Lv 26:23. Pf. יִסַּר 1 K 12:11 + 3 times; sf. יִסְּרַנִּי ψ 118:18; יִסְּרוֹ Is 28:26; 3 f. sf. יִסְּרַתּוּ Pr 31:1; 2 m. יִסַּרְתָּ ψ 39:12 Jb 4:3, etc. + 8 times Pf.; Impf. יְיַסֵּר Dt 8:5; 2 m. sf. תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ ψ 94:12, etc. + 5 times Impf.; Imv. יַסֵּר Pr 19:18; 29:17; sf. יַסְּרֵנִי Je 10:24; Inf. abs. יַסֹּר ψ 118:18; cstr. יַסְּרָה Lv 26:18; sf. יַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ Dt 4:36; Pt. מְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ Dt 8:5;— discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity according to circumstances): of God, c. acc. Ho 7:15 (of training arms), Dt 4:36 (v. Dr), 8:5 (Israel as son), Is 28:26, happy the man אשׁר תיסרנו יהּ ψ 94:12, 118:18(×2). of man, c. acc. Dt 8:5 Pr 19:18; 29:17 (all of a father his son), Jb 4:3 Pr 31:1, ψ 16:7 my reins (the emotions of my own heart) correct, admonish me. more severely, chasten, chastise: of God, sq. acc. pers., Je 31:18; אַל־בַּחֲמָֽתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי ψ 6:2; 38:2; בְּמשׁפט אל באף Je 10:24; למשׁפט 30:11 = 46:28; על חטאת Lv 26:18, 28; בתוכחות על עון ψ 39:12. of man, a father his son Dt 21:18; elders a man Dt 22:18 (including, as perhaps 21:18, bodily chastisement); a king his subjects בַּשּׁוֹטִים and בָּעַקְרַבִּים 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 14. תְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָֽעָתֵךְ Je 2:19 thy badness will chastise thee. Pf. נִוַּסְּרוּ Ez 23:48 (for נִתְוַסְּרוּ Ges§ 55 k); pass. be disciplined, corrected. Impf. 1 s. sf. אַיְסִירֵם (Ew§ 131 c, but error for אֲיַסְּרֵם Bö§ 437 f SS), c. acc. chasten Ho 7:12. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יָסַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3256/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.3/) הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ *Word for word:* there! you.have.instructed many.\[people\] and hands slack you.strengthened *JPS 1917:* Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. [Psalms 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.10/) וְ֭עַתָּה מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* and therefore O.kings act.prudently let.yourselves.be.instructed O.rulers of.\[the\].earth *JPS 1917:* Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth. - ← previous: [יָסַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3254.md) - next →: [יַעְבֵּץ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3258.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)