תְּבַר tᵉbar — to be fragile (figuratively)

pronounced teb-ar' · Strong's H8406 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'il

Translated in the KJV as broken.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7665; to be fragile (figuratively).

tᵉbar in each stem

Pe'il 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

תְבִירָֽה Dan 2:42 Participle (passive), feminine singular

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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