שֶׁבֶר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. break (a location where something has been broken)
2. shard (a piece of something broken)
3. a medium-short blast on a shofar (almost always plural) (Judaism)
4. food (archaic)
5. fraction (mathematics)
Pronunciation
shéver
Examples12
אוֹ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה בּוֹ שֶׁבֶר רֶגֶל אוֹ שֶׁבֶר יָד׃
Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed
פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרֵד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּי׃
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
הַשֶּׁבֶר לֹא הָיָה חָמוּר כְּפִי שֶׁחָשַׁבְנוּ.
The fracture wasn't as serious as we thought.
שִׁבְרֵי הַמָּטוֹס נִמְצְאוּ במִדְבָּר.
The wreckage of the plane was found in the desert.
אַל תִּדְרֹךְ עַל שִׁבְרֵי הַזְּכוּכִית.
Don't step on the broken glass.
נחתכתי מִשֶּׁבֶר זְכוּכִית ביָד יָמִין.
I cut my right hand on a piece of glass.