שֶׁ֫בֶר
she.ver (H7667)
breaking
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The Hebrew word שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) is defined as "breaking." This term is used 45 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. In terms of its semantic domain, שֶׁ֫בֶר is associated with royalty and authority. This suggests that the concept of breaking is closely tied to power, control, and dominance. The use of this term in this domain implies that breaking can be a means of asserting or maintaining authority, rather than simply a physical action. The frequency and range of usage of שֶׁ֫בֶר in the Bible indicate its importance in understanding the dynamics of power and authority in ancient Israelite society. Its use in various contexts, including both positive and negative connotations, highlights the complex nature of breaking and its relationship to social hierarchy and control.
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or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,
You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. Then he returned into the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for Yahweh has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!”
When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?
Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.
Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
“You shall say this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
For Yahweh says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.
Why do you cry over your injury? Your pain is incurable. For the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?
In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.