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Strong's #7665 - שָׁבַר
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- to break, break in pieces
- (Qal)
- break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
- to break, rupture (fig)
- (Niphal)
- to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
- to be broken, be crushed (fig)
- (Piel) to shatter, break
- (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
- (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered
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2811) rbs (סהבר ShBR) AC: Burst CO: Grain AB: ?: The grain is placed on the threshing floor or in the millstone and crushed to burst out the seeds from the hulls. [from: rp]
V) rbs (סהבר ShBR) - I. Burst:To burst out or through. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Exchange:To buy or sell produce, usually grain. [denominative of the noun meaning grain] KJV (172): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel, Participle) break, destroy, hurt, tear, birth, crush, quench, buy, sell - Strongs: H7665 (שָׁבַר), H7666 (שָׁבַר), H8406 (תְּבַר)
Nm) rbs (סהבר ShBR) - I. Shattering: II. Grain:As being burst open on the threshing floor or in the millstone. KJV (53): destruction, breach, hurt, breaking, affliction, bruise, crashing, interpretation, vexation, corn, victuals - Strongs: H7667 (שֵׁבֶר), H7668 (שֶׁבֶר)
am) rbsm (מסהבר MShBR) - Birth canal: The place of bursting through. KJV (3): birth, breaking - Strongs: H4866 (מַשְׁבֵּר)
hm) rbsm (מסהבר MShBR) - Breaker: Large waves of the sea that burst onto the shore. KJV (5): waves, billows - Strongs: H4867 (מִשְׁבָּר)
ejm) nfrbis (סהיברונ ShYBRWN) - Bursting: KJV (2): destruction, breaking - Strongs: H7670 (שִׁבָּרוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal53 Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ 1 Kings 13:28; Isaiah 14:5, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁבֹּר Jeremiah 19:11, בּוֺר- Isaiah 42:3; 3 feminine singular תִּשְׁבָּרֿ Proverbs 25:15, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁבֹר Psalm 10:15, suffix שָׁבְרֵם Jeremiah 17:18; Infinitive construct לִשְׁבֹּר Genesis 19:9 2t., שְׁבוֺר Jeremiah 28:12; Participle active שֹׁבֵר Ezekiel 4:16 2t.; passive שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22, plural construct שְׁבוּרֵי Psalm 147:3; — break, literally, object earthen vessel Judges 7:20; Leviticus 11:33 (P), Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile, compare Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 48:33; Isaiah 30:14, flask Jeremiah 19:10, gate-bar Amos 1:5 (in metaphor), bow Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35, and sword Hosea 2:20 (מִןהָֿאָרֶץ), bone of lamb Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12 (P), and (in metaphor) Proverbs 25:15, compare שָׁבוּר i.e. fractured of limb Leviticus 22:22 (H), yoke Jeremiah 28:10,12,13, and, in metaphor, of deliverance (׳י subject) Jeremiah 28:2; Jeremiah 28:4; Jeremiah 28:11; Jeremiah 38:8 (with מֵעַל), +4t., of rebellion Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5, so staff Isaiah 14:5 5t., reed Isaiah 42:3, arm of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:21,22,24compare Psalm 10:15; trees (subject thunder) Psalm 29:5; break in, down, door Genesis 19:9 (J); rend violently (of lion), Prayer of Manasseh 1Kings 13:26, ass 1 Kings 13:28; wreck Tyre (as ship) Ezekiel 27:26; figurative break pride Leviticus 26:19 (H); crush (figurative) Isaiah 14:25 (compare Jeremiah 48:28 above), Lamentations 1:15; Daniel 11:26; ׳מִשְׁנֶה שִׁבָּרוֺן שׁ Jeremiah 17:18; break, rupture, heart (figurative) Psalm 69:21+ Ezekiel 6:9 (see
Niph`al near the end), שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3; וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי Job 38:10 broke for it my boundary, of sea, reference to abrupt ending of mainland; = quench thirst ( frangere sitim) Psalm 104:11.
Niph`al57 Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׁבַּר Exodus 22:9 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁבֵר Leviticus 6:21 +, 3 feminine singular וְתִשָּׁ֫בֶר Ecclesiastes 12:6,2masculine singular תִּשָּׁבֵר Ezekiel 29:7, שַבר- Ezekiel 32:28, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁבֵר Jonah 1:4 Participle נִשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19, feminine singular נִשְׁבָּרָה Psalm 51:19, נִשְׁבֶּ֫רֵת Ezekiel 27:34 +, etc.; — be broken, of neck 1 Samuel 4:18, bones Psalm 34:21, gate-bars Jeremiah 51:30, rod (in figurative) Isaiah 14:21; Jeremiah 48:17, idols Ezekiel 6:4,6, horn Daniel 8:8, compare Daniel 8:22, arm Job 31:22 (מִקָּנָה), and (in metaphor) Jeremiah 48:25; Job 38:15; Psalm 37:17, compare Ezekiel 30:22, bough Ezekiel 31:12; Isaiah 27:11, compare (figurative) of wickedness, like a tree Job 24:20, other things Psalm 37:15; Jeremiah 50:23; Ezekiel 29:7; Psalm 124:7; cisterns Jeremiah 2:13 ( id.), pottery Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 15:12 (P), Ecclesiastes 12:6 (in figurative); = be maimed, crippled (have limb broken), of animal Exodus 22:9; Exodus 22:13 (E), and (figurative) Ezekiel 34:4,16; Zechariah 11:16, so (figurative of men stumbling) Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13; be wrecked, of ships 1 Kings 22:49 (read Qr נִשְׁבְּרוּ), "" 2 Chronicles 20:37; Jonah 1:4, metaphor of Tyre Ezekiel 27:34; figurative be crushed, destroyed (person, warriors, kingdoms, etc.), Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 22:20; Jeremiah 48:4; Jeremiah 51:8 10t.; figurative be broken, of heart Jeremiah 23:9; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 51:19, compare ׳רוּחַ נִשׁ Psalm 34:19. — Exodus 6:9 read probably וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּ֫י (We Sm Berthol Toy Krae); Co בְּשָׁבְרִי.
Pi`el36 Perfect 3 masculine singular שִׁבַּר Isaiah 21:9 +, שִׁבֵּ֑ר Exodus 9:25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשַׁבֵּר Psalm 46:10 +, 2 masculine plural תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן Exodus 34:13, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׁבֵּר Exodus 23:24; Participle מְשַׁבֵּר 1 Kings 19:11; — shatter, break, tablets Exodus 32:19 (E), Exodus 34:1 (J), Deuteronomy 9:17; Deuteronomy 10:2; מַצֵּבוֺת Exodus 23:24 (E; + Infinitive absolute), Exodus 34:13 (J) + 7t.; images 2 Kings 11:18 3t.; bronze sea, etc., 2 Kings 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:17; horns Daniel 8:7; jaws Job 29:17 (in figurative); of hail shattering tree Exodus 9:25 (J), compare 1 Kings 19:11; elsewhere subject ׳י, shattering gate-bars, etc., weapons Isaiah 45:2; Isaiah 38:13; Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 3:4; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 76:4; Psalm 107:16, trees Psalm 29:5; Psalm 105:33, heads of תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; wrecking ship Psalm 48:8.
Hiph`il cause to break out, i.e. bring to the birth, Imperfect 1 singular הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9 (׳י subject; compare מַשְׁבֵּר below).
Hoph`al be broken, shattered (in heart), Perfect 1 singular עַלשֶֿׁבֶר בַּתעַֿמִּי הָשְׁבַּ֑רְתִּי Jeremiah 8:21.
שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22 see √ Qal.
[תְּבַר] verb break (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שָׁבַר); —
Pe`al Participle pass feminine singular תְּבִירָה Daniel 2:42 broken in pieces (kingdom).
תְּדִירָא see דּוּר
שָׁבַר fut. יִשְׁבֹּר
(1) to break, to break to pieces (Aram. and Arab. תְּבַּר, تبر id.; comp. פָּרַר), Genesis 19:9; Jeremiah 2:20, 19:10 Isaiah 42:3; Amos 1:5 used of ships broken by the wind, Ezekiel 27:26. Part. שָׁבוּר broken, i.e. having a member broken, Levit. 22:22. See several phrases under the words זְרוֹעַ, מַטֶּה, קֶשֶׁת. Pregn., Hosea 2:20, וְקֶשֶׁת וְחרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה אֶשְׁבֹּר מִן־הָאָרֶץ “and the bow, and sword, and weapons of war I will break (and cast) out of the land.” Metaph.
(a) to break (quench) thirst, Psalms 104:11.
(b) to break any one’s mind, i.e. to affect with sadness, Psalms 69:21, 147:3.
(2) to tear any one, as a wild beast, 1 Kings 13:26, 28 1 Kings 13:28.
(3) to break down, to destroy, Daniel 11:26; Ezekiel 30:21 See Niphal No. 3, and שֶׁבֶר.
(4) to measure off, to define (from the idea of cutting; compare גָּזַר). Job 38:10, וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי “when I set a boundary to it” (the sea).
(5) denom. from שֶׁבֶר No. 5.
(a) to buy corn, with the addition of שֶׁבֶר Genesis 47:14 בַּר Genesis 42:3 and absol. Genesis 42:5; Isaiah 55:1 (where it is also applied to wine and milk).
(b) to sell corn, Genesis 41:56 compare Hiphil No. 2.
Niphal, pass.
(1) to be broken, Isaiah 14:29 used of ships which are wrecked, Ezekiel 27:34; Jonah 1:4 also to break one’s limbs, Isaiah 8:15, 28:13. Metaph. of a mind broken, i.e. afflicted, sad, Psalms 34:19; Isaiah 61:1 contrite with penitence, Psalms 51:19. It once appears to be put transitively for Kal, to break any one’s mind, or heart, Ezekiel 6:9.
(2) to be torn to pieces, Psalms 124:7. Used of cattle hurt or wounded, Exodus 22:9, 13 Exodus 22:13; Ezekiel 34:4, 16 Ezekiel 34:16; Zechariah 11:16, הַנִּשְׁבָּרָה “wounded cattle.”
(3) to be broken down (as an army), Daniel 11:22; 2 Chronicles 14:12 to be destroyed, to perish (as a kingdom, a city, a people), Isaiah 8:15, 24:10 28:13 Jeremiah 48:4; Daniel 8:25, 11:4 Ezekiel 30:8.
Piel שִׁבַּר i.q. Kal, but stronger, to break altogether, thoroughly, to break in pieces, as any one’s teeth, Psalms 3:8 statues, altars, 2 Kings 18:4, 23:14 ships, Psalms 48:8.
Hiphil
(1) to cause to break through (the womb), i.e. that the child shall appear, Isaiah 66:9, הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֹלִיד “shall I cause to break open (the womb), and not cause to bring forth?” Compare Hosea 13:13; Isaiah 37:3 and n. מַשְׁבֵּר.
(2) denom. from שֶׁבֶר to sell corn, Genesis 42:6; Amos 8:5,.
Hophal, to be broken (of the mind), Jeremiah 8:21.
Derivatives, שֶׁבֶר, שִׁבָּוֹן, מִשְׁבָּר, מַשְׁבֵּר.