Judges 12:6
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שִׁבֹּל
shibbôl
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
בָּטָא
bâṭâʼ
to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מַעֲבָר
maʻăbâr
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
יַרְדֵּן
Yardên
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Key Terms in This Verse
שִׁבֹּל shibbôl
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
Study H7641 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →מַעֲבָר maʻăbâr
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
Study H4569 →אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H669 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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