שבר

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ב־ר (sh-b-r)

Compare Aramaic תְּבַר (təḇar), Arabic ثَبَرَ (ṯabara), Mehri توبر and Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁𐎗 (ṯbr, to break).

Noun

שֶׁבֶר (shéverm (plural indefinite שְׁבָרִים, singular construct שֶׁבֶר־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. break (a location where something has been broken)
  2. (Judaism) a medium-short blast on a shofar
  3. (archaic) food
    • Tanach, Genesis 43:2:
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      וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־הַשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר הֵבִיאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם
      vay'hí kaashér kilú leechól et-hashéver ashér hevíu mimitsráyim
      When they had used up all the supplies that they had brought from Egypt

Verb

שָׁבַר (shavár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive participle שָׁבוּר, passive counterpart נִשְׁבַּר)

  1. (transitive) to break (separate into pieces or create cracks in)
  2. (transitive) to break (cause to malfunction or stop working)
  3. (transitive, archaic) to obtain food
    • Tanach, Genesis 43:2:
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      שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מְעַט־אֹכֶל
      shuúvu shivru-lánu m'at-óchel
      Go back and get us a little food
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Verb

שִׁבֵּר (shibér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to shatter (break violently)
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Verb

שֻׁבַּר (shubár) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) to be shattered (broken violently)
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Etymology 2

Verb

שִׂבֵּר (sibér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (intransitive) to wait
    • Tanach, Ruth 1:13:
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      הֲלָהֵן תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה עַד אֲשֶׁר יִגְדָּלוּ
      halahén t'sabérna ád ashér yigdálu
      Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?
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