Judges 12:6
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then said they unto him, say now "Shibboleth",.... Which signifies a stream or course of water, at which they now were;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth - This is a curious instance of dialectic difference of pronunciation between the East…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 12:1-7
Here Is, I. The unreasonable displeasure of the men of Ephraim against Jephthah, because he had not called them in to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Shibboleth … Sibboleth An interesting proof of the difference in dialect between the eastern and western tribes. By…
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