Shavar et hamafreket (שבר את המפרקת) means break one's neck in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁבַר אֶת הַמַּפְרֶקֶת
shavar et hamafreket
verb
In English
break one's neck
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shavar et hamafreket.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שבר את חוליות הצוואר, וגרם למוות מיידי.
וַיְהִי כְּהַזְכִּירוֹ אֶת-אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּפֹּל מֵעַל-הַכִּסֵּא אֲחֹרַנִּית בְּעַד יַד הַשַּׁעַר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר מַפְרַקְתּוֹ וַיָּמֹת כִּי-זָקֵן הָאִישׁ וְכָבֵד וְהוּא שָׁפַט אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shavar et hamafreket is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁבַר אֶת הַמַּפְרֶקֶת
- Written without vowel points
- שבר את המפרקת
- Said
- shavar et hamafreket
- Feminine form
- שָׁבְרָה אֶת הַמַּפְרֶקֶת
- Inflections
- נ' שָׁבְרָה אֶת הַמַּפְרֶקֶת
- Gematria
- 1,728
This is how Shavar et hamafreket is said in other languages.
- English
- break one's neck
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What does Shavar et hamafreket (שבר את המפרקת) mean in Hebrew?
Shavar et hamafreket (שבר את המפרקת) means break one's neck. It is said shavar et hamafreket, with the stress on var.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שבר את המפרקת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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