{"def":{"short":"to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct","long":["to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish",["(Qal)",["to chasten, admonish","to instruct","to discipline"],"(Niphal) to let oneself be chastened or corrected or admonished","(Piel)",["to discipline, correct","to chasten, chastise"],"(Hiphil) to chasten","(Nithpael) to teach"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"jɔːˈsɑr","ipa_mod":"jɑːˈsɑʁ","sbl":"yāsar","dic":"yaw-SAHR","dic_mod":"ya-SAHR"}}