Shavar et libo (שבר את ליבו) means break one's heart in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁבַר אֶת לִבּוֹ
shavar et libo
verb
In English
break one's heart
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shavar et libo.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עשה מעשה שגרם צער לאדם אחר.
The word Shavar et libo is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁבַר אֶת לִבּוֹ
- Written without vowel points
- שבר את ליבו
- Said
- shavar et libo
- Root
- ש־ב־ר
- Gematria
- 951
This is how Shavar et libo is said in other languages.
- English
- break one's heart
The word Shavar et libo comes from the root ש־ב־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Shavar et libo in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shavar et libo.
What does Shavar et libo (שבר את ליבו) mean in Hebrew?
Shavar et libo (שבר את ליבו) means break one's heart. It is said shavar et libo, with the stress on var.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שבר את לבו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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