Original Language Studio
Leviticus 24:20
“Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׁבֶרsheber · sheh'-ber
H7667 · Hebrew
H7667 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
- Derivation
- or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר);
- KJV renderings
- affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
- Grammar
- שֶׁ֚בֶר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 21:19Leviticus 21:19Judges 7:15Job 41:17Psalms 60:4
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 שֶׁבֶר here.
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.