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title: תְּבַר — break · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּבַר (lemma:תְּבַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: break. BDB 1906: vb. break. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּבַר

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«תְּבַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **break** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּבַר · **BDB:** תְּבַר

### Glosses

breakable (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. break (𝔗 Syriac; BH שָׁבַר);— Pt. pass. fs. תְּבִירָה Dn 2:42 broken in pieces (kingdom).

### Jastrow 1903

תְּבַר: to break Af. Ithpe. to be broken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. שָׁבַר, to break. Targ. Gen. XIX, 9. Targ. Jer. XIX, 10; a. fr.—Part. pass. תְּבִיר; f. תְּבִירָא; pl. תְּבִירִין; תְֹּבִירָן. Targ. Ps. XXXI, 13. Targ. Jer. II, 13; a. fr.; v. תְּבִירָא II.—B. Kam. 10ᵇ בהדי דסמיך בהו ת׳ (not דסמוך) while he leaned on them, he broke (the bench). same. Targ. Ex. IX, 25 (ed. Vien. תְּבַר; Y. תְּבִיר). Targ. Ps. XXIX, 5 Ms. (ed. מַתְבַּר Af.). Targ. Ex. XXIII, 24. Targ. Jer. I, 17; a. fr.—Yoma 78ᵇ תַּבּוּרֵי מאני breaking of vessels (as a child’s pleasure). Ib. זבין … ומְתַבְּרֵי להו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100) bought defective vessels for his children, and they broke them, v. גְּזַז; a. e.—\[Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. מתברא בצדדיא, read: מבחרא בצרריא, v. צְרָרָא II.\] ; Ithpe. אִתְתְּבַר, אִתְּבַר (אִתְבַּר) to be broken. Targ. Jon. I, 4. Targ. Ex. XXII, 9 (Y. ed. Vien. אִיתְבִיר). Ib. 12 (h. text יטרף). Targ. Jer. XXIII, 9. Targ. Prov. XIV, 28 (h. text מחתת); a. fr.—Ber. 22ᵃ, v. חַצְבָּא. B. Kam. l. c. דבלאו איהו לא א׳ if without him (sitting on it), it would not have been broken. Ib. בלאו איהו הוה מִיתְּבַר וכ׳ without him, it would have broken down after two hours; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.42/)

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וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙ רַגְלַיָּ֔א מִנְּהֵ֥ין פַּרְזֶ֖ל וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין חֲסַ֑ף מִן־קְצָ֤ת מַלְכוּתָא֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֣ה תַקִּיפָ֔ה וּמִנַּ֖הּ תֶּהֱוֵ֥ה תְבִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.toes of the.feet some of.them \[were\].iron and some of.them \[were\].clay some.of the.part of the.kingdom it.will.be strong and some of.it it.will.be breakable

*JPS 1917:* And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.

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