שָׁבַר 148 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
 restrain, destroy; Aramaic 
תְּבַר, 

; Assyrian 
šabâru, 
break, break in pieces; Ethiopic 
 break
 break); — 
Qal53 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ 1 Kings 13:28; 
Isaiah 14:5, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁבֹּר Jeremiah 19:11, 
בּוֺר- Isaiah 42:3; 
3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁבָּרֿ Proverbs 25:15, etc.; 
Imperative masculine singular 
שְׁבֹר Psalm 10:15, suffix 
שָׁבְרֵם Jeremiah 17:18; 
Infinitive construct לִשְׁבֹּר Genesis 19:9 + 
2 times, 
שְׁבוֺר Jeremiah 28:12; 
Participle active שֹׁבֵר Ezekiel 4:16 + 
2 times; 
passive שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22, plural construct 
שְׁבוּרֵי Psalm 147:3; — 
break, literally, object earthen vessel 
Judges 7:20; 
Leviticus 11:33 (P), 
Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile, compare 
Jeremiah 19:11; 
Jeremiah 48:33; 
Isaiah 30:14, flask 
Jeremiah 19:10, gate-bar 
Amos 1:5 (in metaphor), bow 
Hosea 1:5; 
Jeremiah 49:35, and sword 
Hosea 2:20 (
מִןהָֿאָרֶץ), bone of lamb 
Exodus 12:46; 
Numbers 9:12 (P), and (in metaphor) 
Proverbs 25:15, compare 
שָׁבוּר i.e. fractured of limb 
Leviticus 22:22 (H), yoke 
Jeremiah 28:10, 
12, 
13, and, in metaphor, of deliverance (
י׳ subject) 
Jeremiah 28:2; 
Jeremiah 28:4; 
Jeremiah 28:11; 
Jeremiah 38:8 (with 
מֵעַל), +
4 times, of rebellion 
Jeremiah 2:20; 
Jeremiah 5:5, so staff 
Isaiah 14:5 + 
5 times, reed 
Isaiah 42:3, arm of Pharaoh 
Ezekiel 30:21, 
22, 
24 compare 
Psalm 10:15; trees (subject thunder) 
Psalm 29:5; 
break in, down, door 
Genesis 19:9 (J); 
rend violently (of lion), man 
1 Kings 13:26, ass 
1 Kings 13:28; 
wreck Tyre (as ship) 
Ezekiel 27:26; figurative 
break pride 
Leviticus 26:19 (H); 
crush (figurative) 
Isaiah 14:25 (compare 
Jeremiah 48:28 above), 
Lamentations 1:15; 
Daniel 11:26; 
מִשְׁנֶה שִׁבָּרוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 17:18; 
break, rupture, heart (figurative) 
Psalm 69:21+ 
Ezekiel 6:9 (see 
Niph. near the end), 
שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 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) 
Psalm 104:11. 
Niph.57 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁבַּר Exodus 22:9 +, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁבֵר Leviticus 6:21 +, 
3rd person feminine singular וְתִשָּׁ֫בֶר Ecclesiastes 12:6, 
2nd person masculine singular תִּשָּׁבֵר Ezekiel 29:7, 
שַבר - 
Ezekiel 32:28, etc.; 
Infinitive construct הִשָּׁבֵר Jonah 1:4 Participle נִשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19, feminine singular 
נִשְׁבָּרָה Psalm 51:19, 
נִשְׁבֶּ֫רֵת Ezekiel 27:34 +, etc.; — 
be broken, of neck 
1 Samuel 4:18, bones 
Psalm 34:21, gate-bars 
Jeremiah 51:30, rod (in figurative) 
Isaiah 14:21; 
Jeremiah 48:17, idols 
Ezekiel 6:4, 
6, horn 
Daniel 8:8, compare 
Daniel 8:22, arm 
Job 31:22 (
מִקָּנָה), and (in metaphor) 
Jeremiah 48:25; 
Job 38:15; 
Psalm 37:17, compare 
Ezekiel 30:22, bough 
Ezekiel 31:12; 
Isaiah 27:11, compare (figurative) of wickedness, like a tree 
Job 24:20, other things 
Psalm 37:15; 
Jeremiah 50:23; 
Ezekiel 29:7; 
Psalm 124:7; cisterns 
Jeremiah 2:13 (
id.), pottery 
Leviticus 6:21; 
Leviticus 15:12 (P), 
Ecclesiastes 12:6 (in figurative); = 
be maimed, crippled (have limb broken), of animal 
Exodus 22:9; 
Exodus 22:13 (E), and (figurative) 
Ezekiel 34:4, 
16; 
Zechariah 11:16, so (figurative of men stumbling) 
Isaiah 8:15; 
Isaiah 28:13; 
be wrecked, of ships 
1 Kings 22:49 (read Qr 
נִשְׁבְּרוּ), || 
2 Chronicles 20:37; 
Jonah 1:4, metaphor of Tyre 
Ezekiel 27:34; figurative be 
crushed, destroyed (person, warriors, kingdoms, etc.), 
Jeremiah 14:17; 
Jeremiah 22:20; 
Jeremiah 48:4; 
Jeremiah 51:8 + 
10 times; figurative 
be broken, of heart 
Jeremiah 23:9; 
Isaiah 61:1; 
Psalm 34:19 [
Psalm 34:18]; 
Psalm 51:19, compare 
רוּחַ נִשׁ׳ Psalm 34:19 [
Psalm 34:18]. — 
Exodus 6:9 read probably 
וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּ֫י (We Sm Berthol Toy Krae); Co 
בְּשָׁבְרִי. 
Pi.36 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁבַּר Isaiah 21:9 +, 
שִׁבֵּ֑ר Exodus 9:25, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁבֵּר Psalm 46:10 +, 
2nd person masculine plural תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן Exodus 34:13, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute שַׁבֵּר Exodus 23:24; 
Participle מְשַׁבֵּר 1 Kings 19:11; — 
shatter, break, tablets 
Exodus 32:19 (E), 
Exodus 34:1 (J), 
Deuteronomy 9:17; 
Deuteronomy 10:2; 
מַצֵּבוֺת Exodus 23:24 (E; + Infinitive absolute), 
Exodus 34:13 (J) + 
7 times; images 
2 Kings 11:18 + 
3 times; bronze sea, etc., 
2 Kings 25:13 = 
Jeremiah 52:17; horns 
Daniel 8:7; jaws 
Job 29:17 (in figurative); of hail 
shattering tree 
Exodus 9:25 (J), compare 
1 Kings 19:11; elsewhere subject 
י׳, 
shattering gate-bars, etc., weapons 
Isaiah 45:2; 
Isaiah 38:13; 
Lamentations 2:9; 
Lamentations 3:4; 
Psalm 46:10; 
Psalm 76:4; 
Psalm 107:16, trees 
Psalm 29:5; 
Psalm 105:33, heads of 
תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; 
wrecking ship 
Psalm 48:8. 
† 
Hiph. cause to break out, i.e. 
bring to the birth, 
Imperfect 1st person singular הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9 (
י׳ subject; compare 
מַשְׁבֵּר below). 
† 
Hoph. be broken, shattered (in heart), 
Perfect 1st person singular עַלשֶֿׁבֶר בַּתעַֿמִּי הָשְׁבַּ֑רְתִּי Jeremiah 8:21. 
 
שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22 see √ 
Qal. 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H8406.
														
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