שָׁבַר
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7666
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
buy grain tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שָׁבַר²: vb.denom. buy grain Hiph. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. buy grain;— Impf. 2 mpl. תִּשְׁבְּרוּ Dt 2:6, 1 pl. נִשְׁבְּרָה Gn 43:4; Imv. mpl. שִׁבְרוּ 42:2 +; Inf. cstr. לִשְׁבֹּר v 3 +, לִשְׁבָּר־ v 7 +; Pt. mpl. שֹׁבְרִים 47:14;—buy grain for food Gn 41:57 (v 56 v. Hiph.), 42:2 (שֶׁבֶר in v a), v 5; c. acc. אֹכֶל v 7, 10; 43:2, 4, 20, 22; 44:25; Dt 2:6 (מִן pers.); c. acc. בָּר Gn 42:3, שֶׁבֶר 47:14; fig. Is 55:1, c. acc. יַיִן וְחָלָב v 1. Impf. 1 pl. נַשְׁבִּיר Am 8:6 etc.; Pt. מַשְׁבִּיר Gn 42:6 Pr 11:26;—sell grain (proposes cause to buy grain), c. ל pers. Gn 42:6 + 41:56 (read וַיַּשְׁבֵּר for MT וַיִּשְׁבֹּר Ol Di Gunk), c. acc. שֶׁבֶר Am 8:5, מַפַּל בָּר v 6, cf. Pr 11:26; c. sf. pers. + acc. אֹכֶל + ב pret. Dt 2:28.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: buy (6); buy grain (6); [one who] sold grain (1).
In the verses
וַיֵּרְד֥וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֖ף עֲשָׂרָ֑ה לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר בָּ֖ר מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
Word for word: and they.went.down the.brothers of.Joseph ten to buy.grain grain from Egypt
JPS 1917: And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָבִ֑ינוּ שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֥נוּ מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃
Word for word: and he.said father our go.back buy for us a.little of.food
JPS 1917: And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.
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