H7667

שֶׁ֫בֶר

she.verH:N-M

breaking

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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).

[מִשְׁבָּר] noun [masculine] breaker, of sea; — plural construct מִשְׁבְּרֵייָֿם Ps 93:4 (|| קֹלוֺת מַיִם רַבִּים; in compare of ׳י's majesty); figurative of calamities, מִשְׁבְּרֵימָֿוֶת 2Sam 22:5 (חֶבְלֵימָֿוֶת in || Ps 18:5); as sent by ׳י, מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ Ps 88:8, וְגַלֶּיךָ ׳מ Ps 42:8; Jonah 2:4. — Job 41:17 see שֶׁבֶר. above

38 occurrences

Leviticus (3), Judges (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (14), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1)