Word

שֶׁבֶר

sheber · H7668 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

grain

The kernels of wheat, barley and other grain products left over after harvesting and threshing, ready to be sold on the market, processed, and eaten

Examples
Genesis 42:1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
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.”
Genesis 42:19 if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

רְעָבוֹןfamine 1
הוּhis 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

שָׁבַרto break 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 2
אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
שָׁבַרto break 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

יֵשׁthere is, there are 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כֶּסֶףsilver 1

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

σῖτος sîtos · G4621 · grain, wheat: Greek σῖτος specifically denotes grain (especially wheat) as the commodity type, while Hebrew שֶׁבֶר encompasses the broader category of provisions/victuals that includes but is not limited to grain.

Semantic domains 7 entries

Impact002001001024: שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7668) is a common noun meaning "grain" (a distinct homograph from the "fracture" root), as in occurrences glossed "grain"/"the grain." This sense does not independently attest the "Impact" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667) in the source data and reflects שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667)'s own attested sense, not this lexeme's.
Grieve002001002013: שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7668) is a common noun meaning "grain" (a distinct homograph from the "fracture" root), as in occurrences glossed "grain"/"the grain." This sense does not independently attest the "Grieve" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667) in the source data and reflects שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667)'s own attested sense, not this lexeme's.
Know002004002007: This domain belongs to the sibling homograph's "interpretation" sense (Judges 7:15) rather than to this word's "corn/victuals" sense.
Sounds002004001009007: שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7668) is a common noun meaning "grain" (a distinct homograph from the "fracture" root), as in occurrences glossed "grain"/"the grain." This sense does not independently attest the "Sounds" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667) in the source data and reflects שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667)'s own attested sense, not this lexeme's.
Unsafe002003003022: שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7668) is a common noun meaning "grain" (a distinct homograph from the "fracture" root), as in occurrences glossed "grain"/"the grain." This sense does not independently attest the "Unsafe" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667) in the source data and reflects שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667)'s own attested sense, not this lexeme's.
Crops001003001003002: Genesis 42:1 says, "Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt," and Genesis 42:19/42:26 both speak of carrying and loading "grain" for the famine, directly attesting the harvested crop this word denotes.
Names of People003001007: שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7668) is a common noun meaning "grain," not a personal name. The "Names of People" classification is bundle-shared with שֶׁבֶר (sheber, H7667) and שֶׁבֶר (Sheber, H7669) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁבַר shâbar · H7665 · to break, to shatter, to maul · 148×שֶׁבֶר sheber · H7667 · breaking, breach, injury · 44×שֶׁבֶרsheber · H7668מִשְׁבָּר mishbâr · H4867 · breaker, wave · 5×מִשְׁבֵּר mishbêr · H4866 · mouth of the womb · 3×שִׁבְרוֹן shibrôwn · H7670 · breaking (someone's) loins > weak legs, disaster, destruction · 2×תְּבַר tᵉbar · H8406 · broken · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7668. sheber III. שֶׁ֫בֶר noun [masculine] corn, grain, as food stuff (perhaps broken,…

H7668. sheber
III. שֶׁ֫בֶר noun [masculine] corn, grain, as food stuff (perhaps broken, i.e. thresed, HoffinZAW iii (1883), 122 SS SiegfNeh 10:32; > Köii. 1. 19 n breaking out, i.e. sprouting (as chief fruit of soil); hence Late Hebrew שִׁבָּרוֺן price of corn); — ׳שׁ absolute Gen 42:1 +; construct Gen 42:19; suffix שִׁבְרָם Gen 42:26, שִׁבְרוֺ Gen 44:2; — corn, grain Gen 42:1-2, Gen 42:19, Gen 42:26; Gen 43:2; Gen 44:2; Gen 47:14 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Amo 8:5 (id.); so perhaps (for בָּר) Gen 42:3 LagBN 230; ׳כָּלשֿׁ Neh 10:32 all kinds of grain.

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