Lexical Definition

‎יָסַר‎ yâçar (yaw-sar') to discipline ^H:V
a primitive root

bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.

• to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words)
• hence, to instruct

1) to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to chasten, admonish
1a2) to instruct
1a3) to discipline
1b) (Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to discipline, correct
1c2) to chasten, chastise
1d) (Hiphil) to chasten
1e) (Nithpael) to teach

See Greek: ἄρχων · νουθετέω · παιδεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָסַר‎] verb discipline, chasten, admonish (Talmud ᵑ7 ‎יִ(י)סּוֺר‎ chastisement; but Aramaic ‎יְסַר‎ is bind ) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine suffix ‎וְיִסְּרֵנִי‎ Isa 8:11 (Di De SS see Bo^{§ 1103} Ew^{§ 249 d}, but Thes MV Che and others Pi`el Perfect); 1 singular suffix ‎וְאֶסְֳּרֵם‎ Hos 10:10 (Ges^{«GKC:71»§ 71}); Infinitive absolute ‎יָסֹר‎ 1Chr 15:22 (noun Ke, point as participle Öttli); Participle ‎יֹסֵר‎ Prov 9:7; Ps 94:10 ‎יסורי‎ Jer 17:13 Kt see ‎סוּר‎; —

1. admonish Isa 8:11 (followed by suffix + ‎מִלֶּכֶת‎ away from walking, i. e. not to walk), Prov 9:7 (|| ‎מוֺכִיחַ‎).

2. instruct, 1Chr 15:22.

3. discipline, of God Hos 10:10; Ps 94:10. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִוָּ֫סֶר עֶ֫בֶד‎ Prov 29:19 ‎אִוָּסֵר‎ Jer 31:18 ‎תִּוָּ˜סְרוּ‎ Lev 26:23 Imperative feminine ‎הִוָּ˜סְרִי‎ Jer 6:8 masculine plural ‎הִיָסְרוּ‎ Ps 2:10 — (Niph`al tolerate., Ges^{«GKC:51»§ 51}. 2), let oneself be corrected, admonished by words of man Ps 2:10; Prov 29:19); let oneself be chastened by discipline of God Jer 6:8; Jer 31:18; Lev 26:23. Pi`el Perfect ‎יִסַּר‎ 1Kgs 12:11 + 3 t.; suffix ‎יִסְּרַנִּי‎ Ps 118:18 ‎יִסְּרוֺ‎ Isa 28:26 3 feminine suffix ‎יִסְּרַתּוּ‎ Prov 31:1 2 masculine ‎יִסַּרְתָּ‎ Ps 39:12*; Job 4:3, etc. + 8 t. Perfect; Imperfect ‎יְיַסֵּר‎ Deut 8:5 2 masculine suffix ‎תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ‎ Ps 94:12, etc. + 5 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎יַסֵּר‎ Prov 19:18; Prov 29:17 suffix ‎יַסְּרֵנִי‎ Jer 10:24 Infinitive absolute ‎יַסֹּר‎ Ps 118:18 construct ‎יַסְּרָה‎ Lev 26:18 suffix ‎יַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ‎Deut 4:36 Participle ‎מְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ‎ Deut 8:5 —

1. discipline, correct (the moral nature, with more or less severity according to circumstances):
a. of God, with accusative Hos 7:15 (of training arms), Deut 4:36 (see Dr), Deut 8:5 (Israel as son), Isa 28:26, happy the man ‎אשׁר‎ ‎תיסרנו יהּ‎ Ps 94:12; Ps 118:18 (twice in verse)
b. of man, with accusative Deut 8:5; Prov 19:18; Prov 29:17 (all of a father his son), Job 4:3; Prov 31:1; Ps 16:7 my reins (the emotions of my own heart) correct, admonish me.

2. more severely, chasten, chastise:
a. of God, followed by accusative of person, Jer 31:18 ‎אַלבַּֿחֲמָֽתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי‎ Ps 6:2*; Ps 38:2* ‎בְּמשׁפט אל באף‎ Jer 10:24 ‎למשׁפט‎ Jer 30:11 = Jer 46:28 ‎על‎ ‎חטאת‎ Lev 26:18; Lev 26:28 ‎בתוכחות על עון‎ Ps 39:12*.
b. of man, a father his son Deut 21:18 elders a man Deut 22:18 (including, as perhaps Deut 21:18, bodily chastisement); a king his subjects ‎בַּשּׁוֺטִים‎ and ‎בָּעַקְרַבִּים‎ 1Kgs 12:11; 1Kgs 12:14 = 2Chr 10:11; 2Chr 10:14.
c. ‎תְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָֽעָתֵךְ‎ Jer 2:19 thy badness will chastise thee. Nithp. Perfect ‎נִוַּסְּרוּ‎ Ezek 23:48 (for ‎נִתְוַסְּרוּ‎ Ges^{«GKC:55»§ 55} R. 7); passive be disciplined, corrected. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular suffix ‎אַיְסִירֵם‎ (Ew^{§ 131 c}, but error for ‎אֲיַסְּרֵם‎ Bö^{§ 437 f} SS), with accusative chasten Hos 7:12.

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