A shibboleth is any custom or tradition, usually a choice of phrasing or single word, that distinguishes one group of people from another.

The Ephraimites, who had no sh sound in their language, pronounced the word with an s and were thereby unmasked as the enemy and slaughtered. Here is the ...

18 авг. 2022 г. · The Hebrews used “shibboleth” to flag infiltrating Ephraimites, who said the first consonant as a sibilant rather than how the Hebrews did. One ...

26 окт. 2022 г. · An Old Testament battle between the Gileadites and the Ephraimites came down to one word: shibboleth, or river. Each group said it differently.

In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time. KJV Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce ...

5 окт. 2007 г. · Apparently, the Ephraimites spoke a dialect that did not use the diphthong 'sh.' So they pronounced the word 'shibboleth' – the Hebrew word for ...

4 янв. 2022 г. · A word occurring only once in the Bible (in Judges 12:6), shibboleth literally means “ear of corn” or “river.”

The guards would then tell them to say "Shibboleth," because they knew that people of Ephraim could say "Sibboleth," but not "Shibboleth." If the man said ...

23 окт. 2022 г. · And as the fleeing Ephraimites attempted to cross back over to the west, the Gileadites would ask them to pronounce the word “Shibboleth.” ...

This article argues that the shibboleth test in Judges 12:6, where retreating Ephraimites were asked to say the word šibbōlet but could not and instead said ...