משבר

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ב־ר (sh-b-r)

Noun

מַשְׁבֵּר • (mashbér) m (plural indefinite מַשְׁבְּרִים, singular construct מַשְׁבֵּר־ or מִשְׁבַּר־, plural construct מַשְׁבְּרֵי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) a crisis

   בָּא עַד מַשְׁבֵּר ― bá ad mashbér ― be in crisis

   משבר זהות ― mashbér zehút ― identity crisis

2. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic, in the context of birth) vagina
3. (Mishnaic Hebrew) birthing chair

Verb

מְשַׁבֵּר • (meshabér)

1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of שיבר / שִׁבֵּר (shibér)

References

• “משבר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• משבר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he