Strong's Lexicon

H7668

H7668 — שֶׁבֶר

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

Hebrewshebernoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 2322a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7668
Word:	שֶׁבֶר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	the same as H7667
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	sheber
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sheh'-ber
Meaning:	1. grain (as if broken into kernels)
KJV Renderings:	corn, victuals.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8449

III. שֶׁ֫בֶר noun [masculine] corn, grain, as food stuff (perhaps broken, i.e. threshed , Hoffin^{ZAW iii (1883), 122} SS Siegf^{Neh 10:32}; > Kö^{ii. 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 Gen 42:19 suffix שִׁבְרָם Gen 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 cognate meaning with verb), Amos 8:5 (id.); so perhaps (for בָּר) Gen 42:3 Lag^{BN 230}; ׳ כָּלשֿׁ Neh 10:32 all kinds of grain.

Other Resources

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