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title: מִשְׁבָּר — breaker · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁבָּר (4867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: breaker. BDB 1906: breaker. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁבָּר

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«מִשְׁבָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breaker** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 4867 · **BDB:** מִשְׁבָּר

### Glosses

breakers (4); \[the\].breakers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breaker [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

breaker [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] breaker, of sea;—pl. cstr. מִשְׁבְּרֵי־יָם ψ 93:4 (‖ קֹלוֹת מַיִם רַבִּים; in comp. of י׳’s majesty); fig. of calamities, מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָוֶת 2 S 22:5 (חֶבְלֵי־מָוֶת in ‖ ψ 18:5); as sent by י׳, מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ ψ 88:8, מ׳ וְגַלֶּיךָ 42:8 Jon 2:4.—Jb 41:17 v. i. שֶׁבֶר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «מִשְׁבָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.5/)

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כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they encompassed.me breakers of.death torrents of.worthlessness they overwhelmed.me

*JPS 1917:* For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

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[Psalms 88:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.8/)

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עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* on me it.has.lain anger your and all breakers your you.have.afflicted.\[me\] Selah

*JPS 1917:* Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down.

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