Break

"Break" in Hebrew

שְׁבִירָה

sh'virá

(instance of breaking something into pieces)

הפר

hefér

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

התקלקל

hitkalkél

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

נשבר

nishbár

(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)

נשבר

nishbár

(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)

שָׁבַר

shavár

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

שבירה

(to win a game as receiver in tennis)

שבר

shavár

(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)

שבר

shavár

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.