SHIBBOLETH


Meaning of SHIBBOLETH in English

( n. )

A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.

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