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Judges 12:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 12:6

Verse 6 of 15

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Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

Judges 12:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 12:6

Theological / Devotional

Say now Shibboleth. The word was probably selected at random as an example of a word beginning with the letter shin. Any other word beginning with that letter might have served as well. The Hebrews east of the Jordan pronounced the initial letter sh, as in shibboleth. The Hebrews in Canaan gave it a soft sound, s, as in sibboleth. It was one of those differences in dialect that had grown up through the years.

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