Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁבֶר‎ sheber (sheh'-ber) breaking ^H:N-M
or שֵׁבֶר shêber (shay'-ber); from ‎שָׁבַר‎

affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.

• a fracture, figuratively, ruin
• specifically, a solution (of a dream)

1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
1b) crashing
1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation
1d) quarries

See Greek: αἰχμαλωσία · πτῶμα · σῖτος · σύντριμμα · ταλαιπωρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שֶׁ֫בֶר‎, ‎שֵׁ֫בֶר‎ noun masculine^{Jer 4:5} breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash; — absolute ‎שֶׁבֶר‎ Isa 51:19 +, ‎שָׁ֑בֶר‎ Lam 3:47; Prov 17:19, construct ‎שֶׁבֶר‎ Isa 1:28 +, ‎שֵׁבֶר‎ Amos 6:6 +; suffix ‎שִׁבְרִי‎ Jer 10:19, etc.; plural ‎שְׁבָרִים‎ Josh 7:5; Job 41:17* (dubious, see below), suffix ‎שְׁבָרֶיהָ‎ Ps 60:4* —

1. breaking of pottery Isa 30:14, fracture of member, limb Lev 21:19; Lev 24:20 (H), especially figurative of people personified ‎יוֺסֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Amos 6:6, compare Isa 30:26 (|| ‎מַחַץ מַכָּתוֺ‎), Jer 8:21; Jer 10:19; Jer 14:17; Jer 30:12 (|| ‎מַכָּה‎), vJer 30:15 (|| ‎מַכְאֹב‎), Lam 2:11; Lam 3:48; Lam 4:10, also (with ‎רפא‎, ‎רפה‎ heal) Jer 6:14; Jer 8:11; Lam 2:13; Ps 60:4*, compare Nah 3:19 of sinners Isa 1:28 shattering, crushing, of wall (in figurative) Isa 30:13 ‎גָּדוֺל‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ || ‎(רָעָהׅ‎ Jer 4:6; Jer 6:1, ‎׳‎‎עַלשֿׁ‎‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Jer 4:20 ‎׳‎‎שֹׁד וָשׁ‎ Isa 59:7; Isa 60:18; Jer 48:3, compare Isa 51:19 ‎׳‎‎הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשּׁ‎ Lam 3:47 ‎׳‎‎זַעֲקַת שׁ‎ Isa 15:5, compare Jer 48:5 of individual Prov 16:18; Prov 17:19; Prov 18:12 figurative, ‎רוּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ crushing of spirit, compare Prov 15:4 so (‎רוּחַ‎ omitted) ‎מִשְּׁבָרִים‎ Job 41:17* from terror, Di De, compare Bi, but dubious; Buhl Bu conjectures ‎מִשְׁבְּרֵי יָם‎, Gie ‎מִשִּׁנָּיו גִּבֹּרִים‎, Du ‎מִשְׁמָרִים‎.

2. crashing, Zeph 1:10 (|| ‎קוֺל צְעָקָה‎, ‎יְלָלָה‎), Jer 50:22 (|| ‎מִלְחָמָה‎), Jer 51:54 (|| ‎קוֺל זְעָקָה‎).

3. breaking of a dream, i.e. its interpretation (solution of mystery) Judg 7:15 (compare GFM).

4. ‎הַשְּׁבָרִים‎ Josh 7:5, perhaps (Di Benn Steuern) the quarries as proper name, of a location, ᵑ9 Sabarim (> ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ‎הִשָּֽׁבְרָם‎). — ‎שִׁבְרִי‎ Ezek 32:9, read ‎שִׁבְיְךָ‎ ᵐ5 Co Sta Berthol Krae (not Toy).

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