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title: שָׁבַר — buy grain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבַר (7666), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: buy grain. BDB 1906: vb.denom. buy grain Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבַר

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«שָׁבַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **buy grain** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 7666 · **BDB:** שָׁבַר²

### Glosses

buy (6); buy.grain (6); \[one.who\].sold.grain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

buy grain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7666/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. buy grain Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7666/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. buy grain;— Impf. 2 mpl. תִּשְׁבְּרוּ Dt 2:6, 1 pl. נִשְׁבְּרָה Gn 43:4; Imv. mpl. שִׁבְרוּ 42:2 +; Inf. cstr. לִשְׁבֹּר v 3 +, לִשְׁבָּר־ v 7 +; Pt. mpl. שֹׁבְרִים 47:14;—buy grain for food Gn 41:57 (v 56 v. Hiph.), 42:2 (שֶׁבֶר in v a), v 5; c. acc. אֹכֶל v 7, 10; 43:2, 4, 20, 22; 44:25; Dt 2:6 (מִן pers.); c. acc. בָּר Gn 42:3, שֶׁבֶר 47:14; fig. Is 55:1, c. acc. יַיִן וְחָלָב v 1. Impf. 1 pl. נַשְׁבִּיר Am 8:6 etc.; Pt. מַשְׁבִּיר Gn 42:6 Pr 11:26;—sell grain (proposes cause to buy grain), c. ל pers. Gn 42:6 + 41:56 (read וַיַּשְׁבֵּר for MT וַיִּשְׁבֹּר Ol Di Gunk), c. acc. שֶׁבֶר Am 8:5, מַפַּל בָּר v 6, cf. Pr 11:26; c. sf. pers. + acc. אֹכֶל + ב pret. Dt 2:28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7666/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.3/)

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וַיֵּרְד֥וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֖ף עֲשָׂרָ֑ה לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר בָּ֖ר מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.went.down the.brothers of.Joseph ten to buy.grain grain from Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.

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[Genesis 44:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.25/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָבִ֑ינוּ שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֥נוּ מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃

*Word for word:* and he.said father our go.back buy for us a.little of.food

*JPS 1917:* And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.

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