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Job 38:10

“And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁבַרshâbar · shaw-bar'
H7665 · Hebrew

Definition: to burst (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).
Grammar: וָ — conjunction
אֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vqw1cs
Usage: Occurs 149 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:9 Exodus 9:25 Exodus 12:46 Exodus 22:9 Exodus 22:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁבַר here.

Verse 9 Verse 11

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.