משבר

מַשְׁבֵּר • (mashbér) m (plural indefinite מַשְׁבְּרִים, singular construct מַשְׁבֵּר־ or מִשְׁבַּר־, plural construct מַשְׁבְּרֵי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) a crisis

   בָּא עַד מַשְׁבֵּר ― bá ad mashbér ― be in crisis

   מַשְׁבֵר זְהוּת ― mashbér zehút ― identity crisis

2. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic, in the context of birth) vagina
3. (Mishnaic Hebrew) birthing chair
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Arachin 1:4:

     הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁהִיא יוֹצְאָה לֵהָרֵג, אֵין מַמְתִּינִין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתֵּלֵד; יָשְׁבָה עַל הַמַּשְׁבֵּר, מַמְתִּינִין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתֵּלֵד.

     Ha'ishá shehí yots'á leharég, éin mamtinín láh ad sheteléd; yashvá al hamashbér, mamtinín láh ad sheteléd.

     If a pregnant woman is brought to execution, the court will not wait for her to give birth; if she is already on the birthing chair, the court will wait.

מְשַׁבֵּר • (meshabér)

1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of שיבר / שִׁבֵּר (shibér)

• “משבר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H4866 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• משבר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he