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šāvar שָׁבַר ‘to break’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāvar v
1) to break, break in pieces
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
  1a2) to break, rupture (fig)
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
  1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig)
 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break
 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

Mentioned in Genesis 19:9 Exodus 34:1, 9:25, 22:9, 22:13, 12:46, 32:19, 23:24, 34:13 Codex Leviticus 22:22, 26:26, 11:33, 26:13, 6:21, 26:19, 15:12 Numbers 9:12 Deuteronomy 12:3, 7:5, 10:2, 9:17 Judges 7:20 1 Samuel 4:18 1 Kings 22:49, 19:11, 13:26, 13:28 2 Kings 23:14, 11:18, 18:4, 25:13 Isaiah 61:1, 27:11, 28:13, 21:9, 14:29, 66:9, 42:3, 45:2, 38:13, 14:25, 30:14, 24:10, 14:5, 8:15 Jeremiah 22:20, 51:8, 28:12, 48:17, 50:23, 19:11, 48:38, 23:9, 5:5, 14:17, 17:18, 28:4, 28:13, 28:2, 43:13, 2:20, 28:11, 49:35, 19:10, 51:30, 2:13, 52:17, 28:10, 8:21, 48:25, 30:8, 48:4 Ezekiel 34:4, 34:16, 4:16, 14:13, 26:2, 30:21, 34:27, 30:22, 6:9, 31:12, 30:8, 6:6, 5:16, 27:26, 30:18, 30:24, 32:28, 29:7, 6:4, 27:34 Hosea 2:20, 1:5 Amos 1:5 Jonah 1:4 Nahum 1:13 Zechariah 11:16 Psalms 34:21, 3:8, 69:21, 51:19, 124:7, 48:8, 29:5, 46:10, 105:16, 34:19, 74:13, 37:15, 10:15, 107:16, 105:33, 37:17, 147:3, 104:11, 76:4 Proverbs 6:15, 29:1, 25:15 Job 38:15, 31:22, 38:10, 24:20, 29:17 Lamentations 2:9, 1:15, 3:4 Ecclesiastes 12:6 Daniel 11:20, 11:4, 8:7, 11:26, 8:25, 8:8, 8:22, 11:22 2 Chronicles 31:1, 20:37, 14:12, 34:4, 14:2, 23:17

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