H8406 H8406
broken, brittle — fragmented or easily shattered, describing part of Nebuchadnezzar's statue
This Aramaic passive participle appears in Daniel 2:42, describing part of the fourth kingdom's feet as 'brittle' or 'broken.' The statue's feet were partly iron and partly clay—strong yet fragile, reflecting a kingdom both powerful and internally fractured. The participle suggests the quality of being breakable or already in a state of brokenness. This anticipates the stone that will shatter the entire statue.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An Aramaic passive participle (feminine) in Daniel 2:42 meaning 'broken' or 'brittle,' describing part of the statue's feet. The mixed composition (iron and clay) produces structural weakness despite iron's strength. The term anticipates the kingdom's ultimate fragmentation and destruction. Multilingual glosses capture the fragility (Spanish 'frágil,' French 'briser'), central to Daniel's interpretation of inevitable collapse. 1×
AR["هَشَّةً"]·ben["ভঙ্গুর"]·DE["[תבירה]"]·EN["brittle"]·FR["briser"]·heb["שבירה"]·HI["टूटने-वाला"]·ID["rapuh"]·IT["[תבירה]"]·jav["rapuh"]·KO["부서지기-쉬운"]·PT["quebrado"]·RU["хрупким"]·ES["frágil"]·SW["dhaifu"]·TR["kırılgan"]·urd["ٹوٹنے-والی"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [תְּבַר] vb. break (𝔗 Syriac; BH שָׁבַר);— Pe. Pt. pass. fs. תְּבִירָה Dn 2:42 broken in pieces (kingdom).