שבץ

Hebrew[edit]

Root
שׁ־ב־ץ (š-b-ṣ)

In sense “anguish, death pangs”, occurs once in the Bible. In sense “stroke”, is shortened from שבץ מוחי (shaváts mokhí, “a brain shaváts”).

שָׁבָץ • (shaváts) m (singular construct שְׁבַץ־)

(biblical) Anguish, death pangs.
- II Samuel 1:9:
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִּי׃
  vayómer elái amód-na alái umotkhéni ki akhazáni hashaváts kí-kól-ód nafshí bí.
  
  He [Saul] said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.^[1]
A stroke: a sudden loss of function after blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
- 2012 August 30, Dr. Itay Gal (ד״ר איתי גל), ‎ “חדשה מתוקה: שוקולד מפחית סיכון לשבץ בגברים” (khadashá m'tuká: shókolad mafkhít sikún l'shaváts big'varím, “Sweet news: Chocolate lowers risk of stroke in men”), Ynet.