שָׁבַר shâbar — to burst (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken, bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, × quite, tear.
a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
shâbar in each stem
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 16Participle (passive) 7Wayyiqtol 6Participle (active) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Infinitive construct 1
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 14Perfect (qatal) 11Sequential perfect (weqatal) 9Infinitive construct 7Wayyiqtol 5Participle (active) 3Imperative 2Participle (passive) 1
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 17Wayyiqtol 8Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive absolute 1Participle (active) 1
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
