Lexical Definition

‎שָׁבַר‎ shâbar (shaw-bar') to break ^H:V
a primitive root

break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for ‎שָׂבַר‎).

• to burst (literally or figuratively)

1) to break, break in pieces
1a) (Qal)
1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
1a2) to break, rupture (fig)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig)
1c) (Piel) to shatter, break
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

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Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: te.var (‎ת‎ְּ‎ב‎ַ‎ר‎ "to break" תְּבַר)

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Aramaic form: תְּבַר
‎שָׁבַר‎₁₄₈ verb break, break in pieces (Late Hebrew id.; Sabean ‎תֿבר‎, break, destroy DHM^{Hof. Mus., no. 1, l. 26} Mordtm^{Hi 74}; Arabic restrain, destroy; Aramaic ‎תְּבַר‎, ; Assyrian šabâru, break, break in pieces; Ethiopic break); —

Qal₅₃ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Kgs 13:28; Isa 14:5, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁבֹּר‎ Jer 19:11, ‎בּוֺר‎- Isa 42:3 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשְׁבָּרֿ‎ Prov 25:15, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎שְׁבֹר‎ Ps 10:15, suffix ‎שָׁבְרֵם‎ Jer 17:18 Infinitive construct ‎לִשְׁבֹּר‎ Gen 19:9 +2 t., ‎שְׁבוֺר‎ Jer 28:12 Participle active ‎שֹׁבֵר‎ Ezek 4:16 +2 t.; passive ‎שָׁבוּר‎ Lev 22:22, plural construct ‎שְׁבוּרֵי‎ Ps 147:3 — break, literally, object earthen vessel Judg 7:20; Lev 11:33 (P), Jer 19:11 (in simile, compare vJer 19:11; Jer 48:33; Isa 30:14, flask Jer 19:10, gate-bar Amos 1:5 (in metaphor), bow Hos 1:5; Jer 49:35, and sword Hos 2:20* (‎מִןהָֿאָרֶץ‎), bone of lamb Exod 12:46; Num 9:12 (P), and (in metaphor) Prov 25:15, compare ‎שָׁבוּר‎ i.e. fractured of limb Lev 22:22 (H), yoke Jer 28:10; Jer 28:12; Jer 28:13, and, in metaphor, of deliverance (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject) vJer 28:2 vJer 28:4 vJer 28:11; Jer 38:8 (with ‎מֵעַל‎), +4 t., of rebellion Jer 2:20; Jer 5:5, so staff Isa 14:5 +5 t., reed Isa 42:3, arm of Pharaoh Ezek 30:21; Ezek 30:22; Ezek 30:24 compare Ps 10:15 trees (subject thunder) Ps 29:5 break in, down, door Gen 19:9 (J); rend violently (of lion), man 1Kgs 13:26, ass v1Kgs 13:28 wreck Tyre (as ship) Ezek 27:26 figurative break pride Lev 26:19 (H); crush (figurative) Isa 14:25 (compare Jer 48:28 above), Lam 1:15; Dan 11:26 ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁנֶה שִׁבָּרוֺן שׁ‎ Jer 17:18 break, rupture, heart (figurative) Ps 69:21*+ Ezek 6:9 (see Niph`al near the end), ‎שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב‎ Ps 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) Ps 104:11. Niph`al₅₇ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִשְׁבַּר‎ Exod 22:9* +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁבֵר‎ Lev 6:21* +, 3 feminine singular ‎וְתִשָּׁ֫בֶר‎ Eccl 12:6, 2 masculine singular ‎תִּשָּׁבֵר‎ Ezek 29:7, ‎שַבר‎- Ezek 32:28, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הִשָּׁבֵר‎ Jonah 1:4 Participle ‎נִשְׁבָּר‎ Ps 51:19*, feminine singular ‎נִשְׁבָּרָה‎ vPs 51:19*, ‎נִשְׁבֶּ֫רֵת‎ Ezek 27:34 +, etc.; — be broken, of neck 1Sam 4:18, bones Ps 34:21*, gate-bars Jer 51:30, rod (in figurative) Isa 14:21; Jer 48:17, idols Ezek 6:4; Ezek 6:6, horn Dan 8:8, compare vDan 8:22, arm Job 31:22 (‎מִקָּנָה‎), and (in metaphor) Jer 48:25; Job 38:15; Ps 37:17, compare Ezek 30:22, bough Ezek 31:12; Isa 27:11, compare (figurative) of wickedness, like a tree Job 24:20, other things Ps 37:15; Jer 50:23; Ezek 29:7; Ps 124:7 cisterns Jer 2:13 (id.), pottery Lev 6:21*; Lev 15:12 (P), Eccl 12:6 (in figurative); = be maimed, crippled (have limb broken), of animal Exod 22:9*; Exod 22:13* (E), and (figurative) Ezek 34:4; Ezek 34:16; Zech 11:16, so (figurative of men stumbling) Isa 8:15; Isa 28:13 be wrecked, of ships 1Kgs 22:49* (read Qr ‎נִשְׁבְּרוּ‎), || 2Chr 20:37; Jonah 1:4, metaphor of Tyre Ezek 27:34 figurative be crushed, destroyed (person, warriors, kingdoms, etc.), Jer 14:17; Jer 22:20; Jer 48:4; Jer 51:8 + 10 t.; figurative be broken, of heart Jer 23:9; Isa 61:1; Ps 34:19*; Ps 51:19*, compare ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ נִשׁ‎ vPs 34:19*. — Exod 6:9 read probably ‎וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּ֫י‎ (We Sm Berthol Toy Krae); Co ‎בְּשָׁבְרִי‎. Pi`el<sub>36</sub> Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שִׁבַּר‎ Isa 21:9 +, ‎שִׁבֵּ֑ר‎ Exod 9:25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְשַׁבֵּר‎ Ps 46:10* +, 2 masculine plural ‎תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן‎ Exod 34:13, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שַׁבֵּר‎ Exod 23:24 Participle ‎מְשַׁבֵּר‎ 1Kgs 19:11 — shatter, break, tablets Exod 32:19 (E), Exod 34:1 (J), Deut 9:17; Deut 10:2 ‎מַצֵּבוֺת‎ Exod 23:24 (E; + Infinitive absolute), Exod 34:13 (J) + 7 t.; images 2Kgs 11:18 + 3 t.; bronze sea, etc., 2Kgs 25:13 = Jer 52:17 horns Dan 8:7 jaws Job 29:17 (in figurative); of hail shattering tree Exod 9:25 (J), compare 1Kgs 19:11 elsewhere subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, shattering gate-bars, etc., weapons Isa 45:2; Isa 38:13; Lam 2:9; Lam 3:4; Ps 46:10*; Ps 76:4*; Ps 107:16, trees Ps 29:5; Ps 105:33, heads of ‎תַּנִּינִים‎ Ps 74:13 wrecking ship Ps 48:8*. Hiph`il cause to break out, i.e. bring to the birth, Imperfect 1 singular ‎הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֺלִיד‎ Isa 66:9 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; compare ‎מַשְׁבֵּר‎ below). Hoph`al be broken, shattered (in heart), Perfect 1 singular ‎עַלשֶֿׁבֶר בַּתעַֿמִּי הָשְׁבַּ֑רְתִּי‎ Jer 8:21.

‎שָׁבוּר‎ Lev 22:22 see √ Qal.

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