Lexical Definition

‎שָׁבַר‎ shâbar (shaw-bar') to buy grain ^H:V
denominative from ‎שֶׁבֶר‎

buy, sell.

• to deal in grain

1) to buy or purchase grain
1a) (Qal) to buy grain
1b) (Hiphil) to sell grain

See Greek: ἀγοράζω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ze.van (‎ז‎ְ‎ב‎ַ‎ן‎ "to buy" זְבַן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁבַר‎] verb denominative buy grain; —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תִּשְׁבְּרוּ‎ Deut 2:6, 1 plural ‎נִשְׁבְּרָה‎ Gen 43:4 Imperative masculine plural ‎שִׁבְרוּ‎ Gen 42:2 +; Infinitive construct ‎לִשְׁבֹּר‎ vGen 42:3 +, ‎לִשְׁבָּרֿ‎ vGen 42:7 +; Participle masculine plural ‎שֹׁבְרִים‎ Gen 47:14 — buy grain for food Gen 41:57 (Gen 41:56 see Hiph`il), Gen 42:2 (‎שֶׁבֶר‎ in v<sup>a</sup>), vGen 42:5 with accusative ‎אֹכֶל‎ vGen 42:7 vGen 42:10; Gen 43:2; Gen 43:4; Gen 43:20; Gen 40:22; Gen 44:25; Deut 2:6 (‎מִן‎ person); with accusative ‎בָּר‎ Gen 42:3, ‎שֶׁבֶר‎ Gen 47:14 figurative Isa 55:1, with accusative ‎יַיִן וְחָלָב‎ vIsa 55:1. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 plural ‎נַשְׁבִּיר‎ Amos 8:6, etc.; Participle ‎מַשְׁבִּיר‎ Gen 42:6; Prov 11:26 — sell grain (properly cause to buy grain), with ‎ל‎ person Gen 42:6 + vGen 42:56 (read ‎וַיַּשְׁבֵּר‎ for ᵑ0 ‎וַיִּשְׁבֹּר‎ Ol Di Gunk), with accusative ‎שֶׁבֶר‎ Amos 8:5, ‎מַפַּל בָּר‎ vAmos 8:6, compare Prov 11:26 with suffix person + accusative ‎אֹכֶל‎ + ‎ב‎ pret. Deut 2:28.

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