sebboleth

Latin

Etymology

From Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת / שיבולת‎ (šibbōlet, “ear of wheat”), with reference to Judges 12:5-6: ‘Gilead then cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever Ephraimite fugitives said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would ask, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,” they then said, “Very well, say Shibboleth.” If anyone said “Sibboleth”, but could not pronounce it, they would then seize him and kill him by the fords of the Jordan’ (New Jerusalem Bible).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseb.bo.letʰ/, [ˈs̠ɛbːɔɫ̪ɛt̪ʰ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈseb.bo.let/, [ˈsɛbːolet̪]

Noun

sebboleth n (indeclinable)

shibboleth

单词	sebboleth
释义	sebboleth Latin Etymology From Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת / שיבולת‎ (šibbōlet, “ear of wheat”), with reference to Judges 12:5-6: ‘Gilead then cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever Ephraimite fugitives said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would ask, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,” they then said, “Very well, say Shibboleth.” If anyone said “Sibboleth”, but could not pronounce it, they would then seize him and kill him by the fords of the Jordan’ (New Jerusalem Bible). Pronunciation (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseb.bo.letʰ/, [ˈs̠ɛbːɔɫ̪ɛt̪ʰ] (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈseb.bo.let/, [ˈsɛbːolet̪] Noun sebboleth n (indeclinable) shibboleth
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