Lexical Definition
שֶׁבֶר sheber (sheh'-ber) grain H:N-M
the same as שֶׁבֶר
corn, victuals.
- grain (as if broken into kernels)
1) grain, corn (as foodstuff)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
III. שֶׁ֫בֶר noun [masculine] corn, grain, as food stuff (perhaps broken, i.e. thresed, HoffinZAW iii (1883), 122 SS SiegfNeh 10:32*; > Köii. 1. 19 n breaking out, i.e. sprouting (as chief fruit of soil); hence Late Hebrew שִׁבָּרוֺן price of corn); — ׳שׁ absolute Gen 42:1 +; construct vGen 42:19 suffix שִׁבְרָם vGen 42:26, שִׁבְרוֺ Gen 44:2 — corn, grain Gen 42:1; Gen 42:2; Gen 42:19; Gen 42:26; Gen 43:2; Gen 44:2; Gen 47:14 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Amos 8:5 (id.); so perhaps (for בָּר) Gen 42:3 LagBN 230; ׳כָּלשֿׁ Neh 10:32* all kinds of grain.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 42:1 · 42:2 · 42:3 · 42:19 · 42:26 · 43:2 · 44:2 · 47:14 |
| Nehemiah | 10:32* |
| Amos | 8:5 |