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title: מַשְׁבֵּר — place of breach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׁבֵּר (4866), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: place of breach. BDB 1906: breach. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׁבֵּר

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«מַשְׁבֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of breach** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4866 · **BDB:** מַשְׁבֵּר²

### Glosses

\[the\].mouth.of.\[the\].womb (2); breaking.forth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of breach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4866/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

breach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4866/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] breach, i.e. mouth of womb;—בָּאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה 2 K 19:3 = Is 37:3 (fig. of helplessness); cstr. בָּנִים מִשְׁבַּר Ho 13:13 (fig. of opportunity).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׁבֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4866/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.13/)

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חֶבְלֵ֥י יֽוֹלֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ ל֑וֹ הוּא־בֵן֙ לֹ֣א חָכָ֔ם כִּֽי־עֵ֥ת לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּמִשְׁבַּ֥ר בָּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].labor-pains of.\[one.who\].gives.birth they.will.come to him he \[is\].a.son not wise (dm) a.time not he.will.present.himself at.\[the\] breaking.forth of.children

*JPS 1917:* The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

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[2 Kings 19:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.3/)

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.said to him thus he.says Hezekiah \[is\].a.day of.distress and rebuke and insult the day (the) this (dm) they.have.come children to \[the\].mouth.of.\[the\].womb and strength there.\[is\].not for giving.birth

*JPS 1917:* And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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