שבץ
Hebrew
Etymology
In sense “anguish, death pangs”, occurs once in the Bible. In sense “stroke”, is shortened from שבץ מוחי (shaváts mokhí, “a brain shaváts”).
Noun
שָׁבָץ • (shaváts) m (singular construct שְׁבַץ־)
- (biblical) Anguish, death pangs.
- II Samuel 1:9:
- וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִּי׃
- vayómer elái amód-na alái umotkhéni ki akhazáni hashaváts kí-kól-ód nafshí bí.
- He [Saul] said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.[1]
- וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִּי׃
- II Samuel 1:9:
- A stroke: a sudden loss of function after blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
- 2012 August 30, Dr. Itay Gal (ד״ר איתי גל), “חדשה מתוקה: שוקולד מפחית סיכון לשבץ בגברים” (khadashá m'tuká: shókolad mafkhít sikún l'shaváts big'varím, “Sweet news: Chocolate lowers risk of stroke in men”), Ynet.
Synonyms
- (stroke): שבץ מוחי (shaváts mokhí)
References
- Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611.
Further reading
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