BDB8443 [H7667 H7671]

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), vJer 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).

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