Strong's Lexicon

H7667

H7667 — שֶׁבֶר שֵׁבֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshebernoun mascOccurrences: 44TWOT: 2321a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7667
Word:שֶׁבֶר שֵׁבֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7665
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:44
Transliteration:sheber
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:sheh'-ber (or sheber {shay'-ber}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a fracture, figuratively, ruin 2. specifically, a solution (of a dream)
KJV Renderings:affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8443

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), Jer 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).


BDB8448

[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


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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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