breaking
shiv.ron denotes destructive breaking, appearing in a plea for enemies' destruction and in a sword-and-slayer context.
The attested uses place shiv.ron in contexts of destructive breaking: Jeremiah 17:18 petitions for a doubled destructive outcome against pursuers, while Ezekiel 21:11 places the construct form within the preparation of a sword for the slayer.
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Destructive breaking against an enemy · dominant
In Jeremiah 17:18, the absolute noun occurs in the petition that pursuers be brought a day of evil and destroyed with a doubled destructive outcome; the APB renders the closing clause "destroy them with double destruction." In Ezekiel 21:11, the construct form stands in the clause concerning a sharpened, polished sword placed in the slayer's hand; the APB renders the verse as preparation of the sword for that purpose.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB makes the destructive context explicit in Jeremiah 17:18 with "double destruction." In Ezekiel 21:11 it presents the surrounding clause as a sword prepared for the slayer, without isolating a matching English term for the noun.