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title: מוּסָר — discipline · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּסָר (4148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 50 times: discipline. BDB 1906: n.m. discipline. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּסָר

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«מוּסָר» 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.

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**Used:** 50 times · **Key:** 4148 · **BDB:** מוּסָר

### Glosses

discipline (17); correction (13); \[the\].correction (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

discipline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4148/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. discipline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4148/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 15:10 discipline (of the moral nature), chastening, correction;—מ׳ Je 2:30 + 31 times (Ez 5:15 del. Co); cstr. מוּסַר Dt 11:2 + 14 times (for Jb 12:18 see אסר); sf. מוּסָרִי Pr 8:10; מוּסָֽרְךָ Is 26:16; מֹסָרָם Jb 33:16 (for מֻסָרָם Di);— discipline, correction, of God, Dt 11:2 מוּסַר י׳ the discipline of י׳ (of Y.’s wonders, as exercising a disciplinary, educating influence upon Israel, cf. Dr); לקח מ׳ Je 17:23; 32:33; 35:13 Zp 3:2, 7; ψ 50:17 Jb 33:16; 36:10; מ׳ כְּלִמָּתִי the correction of (i.e. which leadeth to) my shame Jb 20:3. מ׳ הבלים עֵץ הוּא the discipline of unreal gods is wood (is like themselves, destitute of true moral force) Je 10:8; Ez 5:15 = warning example (?) Ew Sm (‖ שְׁמָמָה; del. 𝔊 Co). in Proverbs, discipline in the school of wisdom: חכמה ומ׳ 1:2, 7; 23:23; מ׳ חכמה discipline of wisdom 15:33; מ׳ הַשְׂכֵּל 1:3; תוכחות מ׳ 6:23; הָבִיאָה לַמּ׳ לִבֶּ֑ךָ 23:12 apply thy mind to discipline; קבּל מ׳ 19:20; לקח מ׳ 1:3; 8:10; 24:32 (cf. Je supr.); קנה מ׳ 23:23; שׁמע מ׳ 8:33; 19:27; שׁמר מ׳ 10:17; אהב מ׳ 12:1; החזק במ׳ 4:13; the reverse שׂנא מ׳ 5:12; פרע מ׳ 13:18; 15:32; בזה מ׳ 1:7; באין מ׳ for lack of discipline 5:23 (‖ בְּרֹב אִיַּלְתּוֹ); מ׳ אֱוִלִים אִוֶּלֶת 16:22 the discipline of fools is folly; of paternal discipline, correction, Pr. 1:8; 4:1; 13:1. more severely, chastening, chastisement: of God, מ׳ יהוה Pr 3:11 chastening of Yahweh; מ׳ שׁדַּי Jb 5:17; מוּסָֽרְךָ Is 26:16 מ׳ שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ עָלָיו Is 53:5 chastisement of (i.e. leading to) our peace was upon him; לקח מ׳ Je 2:30; 5:3; 7:28; מ׳ אַכְזָרִי Je 30:14 chastisement of a cruel one, MT, but read מוּסָר א׳ cruel chastisement, Gf and especially Gie; אני מ׳ לְכֻלָּם Ho 5:2 I am a chastisement for them all. of man, Pr 15:5; 23:13; שִׁחֲרוֹ מ׳ 13:24; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ 22:15; מ׳ אויל 7:22 chastisement of a fool; מוּסָר רָע 15:10 grievous chastisement.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּסָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.33/)

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שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַחֲכָ֗מוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* listen.to correction and act.wisely and do.not neglect.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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[Proverbs 12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.1/)

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אֹהֵ֣ב מ֭וּסָראֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת בָּֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].loves discipline \[is\].loving knowledge and \[one.who\].hates rebuke \[is\].stupid

*JPS 1917:* Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.

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