Word

שָׁבַר

shâbar · H7666 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences

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Meanings

to buy grain

Action by which humans acquire grain and other food by means of a financial transaction or in another way

Examples
Genesis 41:56 When the famine was spread over the entire face of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:57 Then the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
Genesis 42:2 Then he said, “Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die.”
to sell grain

Causative action by which humans hand over grain and other food in their possession in exchange for goods or money

Examples
Genesis 42:6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Deuteronomy 2:28 ‘You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot,
Proverbs 11:26 One who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 7
Not stated: you (more than one) 6
Not stated: we 3
הֵםthey, them 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

13 occurrences in 7 groups

אֹכֶלfood 8
בָּרson 1
חָלָבmilk 1
יַיִןwine 1
מַפָּלrefuse 1
שֶׁבֶרbreaking 1

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֹכֶלfood 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 9 groups

לto/for+ נוּus 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 6

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀγοράζω agorázō · G59 · to buy, to purchase, to redeem: Greek ἀγοράζω emphasizes the marketplace transaction context (literally 'to go to market') and extends to theological redemption imagery in the NT, while Hebrew שָׁבַר focuses on the commercial act of buying/selling grain or provisions, particularly in contexts of trade and sustenance.

Semantic domains 9 entries

Impact002001001024: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "Impact" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
Birth002002002003: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "Birth" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
End002003003010: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "End" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
Grieve002001002013: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "Grieve" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
Happen002002003003: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "Happen" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
Hunger002004001001002: Genesis 41:56-57 describes Joseph who "sold grain to the Egyptians" as "the famine was severe in the land," and Genesis 42:2 has Jacob say, "go down there and buy some for us... so that we may live and not die," all directly attesting the famine-driven grain trade this word denotes.
Weak002001001069: שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7666) means "to buy grain," as in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth." This sense does not independently attest the "Weak" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) in the source data and reflects שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665)'s own attested sense ("to break, shatter"), not this lexeme's.
Possess002003002019: Genesis 41:57 describes people who "came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph," directly attesting the acquiring of possession this word's "buy" sense denotes.
Non-Possess002003002018: Genesis 42:2-3's brothers going "to buy grain from Egypt" because they lacked it at home directly attests the state of not-yet-possessing that drives this word's "buy" sense.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7666. shabar [שָׁבַר] verb denominative buy grain; — Qal Imperfect2masculine plural…

H7666. shabar
[שָׁבַר] verb denominative buy grain; —
Qal Imperfect2masculine plural תִּשְׁבְּרוּ Deu 2:6, Deu 2:1plural נִשְׁבְּרָה Gen 43:4; Imperative masculine plural שִׁבְרוּ Gen 42:2 +; Infinitive construct לִשְׁבֹּר Gen 42:3 +, לִשְׁבָּרֿ Gen 42:7 +; Participle masculine plural שֹׁבְרִים Gen 47:14; — buy grain for food Gen 41:57 (Gen 41:56 see Hiph`il), Gen 42:2 (שֶׁבֶר in va), Gen 42:5; with accusative אֹכֶל Gen 42:7; Gen 42:10; Gen 43:2, Gen 43:4, Gen 43:20; Gen 40:22; Gen 44:25; Deu 2:6 (מִן person); with accusative בָּר Gen 42:3, שֶׁבֶר Gen 47:14; figurative Isa 55:1, with accusative וְחָלָב יַיִן Isa 55:1.
Hiph`il Imperfect1plural נַשְׁבִּיר Amo 8:6, etc.; Participle מַשְׁבִּיר Gen 42:6; Pro 11:26; — sell grain (properly cause to buy grain), with ל person Gen 42:6 + Genesis 42:56 (read וַיַּשְׁבֵּר for וַיִּשְׁבֹּר ᵑ0 Ol Di Gunk), with accusative שֶׁבֶר Amo 8:5, בָּר מַמַּל vAmos 8:6, compare Pro 11:26; with suffix person + accusative אֹכֶל + ב pret. Deu 2:28.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0