מִשְׁבֵּר
mishber · point of birth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4866 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mishber (מִשְׁבֵּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “point of birth”.
The point through which the child comes out at birth. Children "coming to the point of birth" with no strength to give birth is an image of extreme distress, with no way out (2 Kings 19:3; Hosea 13:13).
How to say it
mish·ber
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The moment when the child is about to come out of the womb.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- point of birth ×2
- opening of the womb ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:3
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of contempt; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
- Isaiah 37:3
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of contempt; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
- Hosea 13:13
The pains of a woman giving birth will come on him; he is a son not wise, for at the time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb for children.