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תבר (a/a,o) vb. to break, refute (→ מתבר , מתברה , תבור , תביר , תבירו , תבר ; CPA ܬܒܪ LSp 218, SA תבר Ham 492:216, 595:60+) Pe. 1. to break, smash: די תבר בעלי דבבך קדמך who broke your enemies before you TN Gen 14:20; ib. Ex 15:6; Lev 11:33; Num 9:12; חות ותבר כל אילין צלמייא go down and smash all of those statues AZ 43d(62); BQ 3a(39); BM 11a(45); BR 363:1; ib. 849:2; part.pass. וליביה תביר על עבידתיה his heart is broken (i.e. he is contrite) over his actions TN Dt 20:8; ודין תבירא ידיה ודין תבירא רגליה this one's hand is broken, and that one's leg is broken VR 166:1; EchR 49:19; EchRB 55:2; 2. to refute: כל אילין מילייא לא מסייען ולא תברן all of these statements neither support nor refute Tan 66a(29) // Meg 70c(59) Pa. to break, smash: מתברא תתברון TN Ex 23:24; ib. 34:13; Dt 12:3; הלילא מתברא אגרייה the Hallel "breaks" the roofs SR 18b(29) // Pes 35b(36); SR 38c(19); MSam 74:17 Itpe. 1. to be broken: יתבר TN Ex 22:9 [H נשבר ]; ib. Lev 15:12; איתבר עוקא דסולמיה the rung of his ladder was broken MQ 81a(9); MS 55c(15); רגלייא דלא רהטין מיתן לך יתברן may the legs which did not run to give you (alms) be broken Pea 21b(36) // Seq 49b(16); Tan 69a(28); יתבר לבביכון TN Dt 20:3; 2. to be dismayed: לא תתברון ib. Num 14:42 [H לא תנגפו ]; Dt 20:3; 3. to be refuted: עברת בידך תלתא נהרין ואיתברת you passed over three rivers (from Babylonia to Eretz Israel), and you were refuted Sab 9a(19) // Naz 54c(29); ותלתהון מתבירן the three of them (i.e. the statements) are refuted BME 8a(27) Eps, MNM 174, n. 1 emends עברת Sab 9a(18) [+ //'s] to תברת (v. also Lieb, YK 119). Because of graphic similarity, some pe./itpe. forms may in fact be pa./itpa. 