Hebrew

Noun

שֶׁבֶר • ‎(shéver) m ‎(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
   • Genesis 43:2, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     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) ‎(pa'al construction, passive participle שָׁבוּר, passive counterpart נִשְׁבַּר)

1. (transitive) (He/it) broke (caused to end up in pieces)
2. (transitive) (He/it) broke (caused to malfunction or stop working)
3. (transitive) (He/it) broke (broke a bone)
4. (transitive, archaic) (He/it) obtained food
   • Genesis 43:2, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מְעַט־אֹכֶל‎

     shuúvu shivru-lánu m'at-óchel

     Go back and get us a little food

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• שיבר

שִׁבֵּר • ‎(shibér) ‎(pi'el construction)

1. (transitive) (He/it) shattered (broke violently)

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• שובר

Verb

שֻׁבַּר • ‎(shubár) ‎(pu'al construction)

1. (intransitive) (He/it) shattered, was shattered (broken violently)

Etymology 2

Verb

Alternative forms

• שיבר

שִׂבֵּר • ‎(sibér) ‎(pi'el construction)

1. (intransitive) (He/it) waited
   • Ruth 1:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     הֲלָהֵן תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה עַד אֲשֶׁר יִגְדָּלוּ‎

     halahén t'sabérna ád ashér yigdálu

     Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?

Conjugation

Anagrams

• בשר