Judges 12:6 KJV

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.

Scofield Notes

Matthew Henry

  • Ephraimites quarrel with JephthahThe Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is ill to fasten...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Matthew 26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Psalms 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Psalms 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
  • Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
  • Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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Topics

  • Ephraim Defeated by him
  • Israel The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are defeated by Jephthah
  • Jordan Fords of Jordan
  • Judge 9. Jephthah
  • Language Dialects of the Jews

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Bible Dictionary

  • ShibbolethRiver, or an ear of corn. The tribes living on the east of Jordan, separated from their brethren on the west by the deep ravines and the...
  • JordanHeb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Then said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • they unto him, Say לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אֱמָר ʾĕmār אָמַר Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • now Shibboleth נָא nāʾ Exhortation שִׁבֹּלֶת šibbōlet שִׁבֹּל Noun · feminine singular
  • and he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • Sibboleth סִבֹּלֶת sibbōlet סִבֹּלֶת Noun · feminine singular
  • for he could not frame וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and יָכִין yākîn כּוּן Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • to pronounce לְדַבֵּר lĕdabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
  • right כֵּן kēn Demonstrative כּוּן kûwn
  • Then they took וַיֹּאחֲזוּ wayyōʾḥăzû אָחַז Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • him, and slew אוֹתוֹ ʾôtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁחָטוּהוּ wayyišḥāṭûhû שָׁחַט Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
  • him at the passages אֶל ʾel Preposition מַעְבְּרוֹת maʿbĕrôt מַעֲבָר Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּן hayyardēn יַרְדֵּן Proper name · with the
  • and there fell וַיִּפֹּל wayyippōl נָפַל Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • at that time בָּעֵת bāʿēt עֵת Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the הַהִיא hahîʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular · with the
  • of the Ephraimites מֵאֶפְרַיִם mēʾeprayim אֶפְרַיִם Proper name · with preposition
  • forty אַרְבָּעִים ʾarbāʿîm אַרְבָּעִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • and two וּשְׁנַיִם ûšĕnayim שְׁנַיִם Number · masculine dual · with and
  • thousand אָלֶף ʾālep אֶלֶף Number · masculine or feminine singular

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