תְּבַר ², תְּבַר, תַּבְרָא, תְּבָרָא m. (preced.) 1) break, fracture; breach, misfortune. Targ. Lev. XXIV, 20. Targ. O. ib. XXI, 19, v. תְּבִיר. Targ. Job VI, 21; a. fr.—Taan. 31ᵃ וקרי ליה יום ת׳ מגל and it is called the day of breaking the axe; Lam. R. introd. (R. Z’ʿera). —2) contradiction. Gen. R. s. 30 אף היא לא ת׳ this, too, is no contradiction of the rule; Esth. R. to II, 5 תַּבְרָה. Sabb. 92ᵇ; B. Kam. 47ᵇ, a. fr. ת׳ מי ששנה זו וכ׳ there is a contradiction (between the two clauses of the Mishnah); he that taught the one &c., v. שָׁנָה I; [R. Ḥănanel: excommunication (v. infra), meant as an imprecation]. —3) refutation, answer. Kidd. 74ᵇ (in Hebr. dict.) א"כ מצידה תַּבְרָהּ (Var. in Ar. s. v. צד: מצמדה) if this be so, its refutation is taken from what is next to it. —4) = h. שׁוֹבֵר, receipt. B. Bath. 173ᵃ ונחזי ת׳ … דכתיב let us see in whose name the receipt is written. —5) pl. תַּבְרֵי = h. שְׁבָרִים (v. שֶׁבֶר) the broken sounds of the Shofar on proclaiming the excommunication of a person. M. Kat. 17ᵇ מאי ת׳ … תברי וכ׳ Rashi (ed. incorr. תברא) why is the blowing of the Shofar at excommunications called tabré (breaks)?… They break down high houses.