Judges 12:6
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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.they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
In other translations
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.they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לוֹloto <the> himאֱמָר־'emor-sayH559נָאna'pleaseH4994שִׁבֹּלֶתshiboletShibbolethH7641וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559סִבֹּלֶתsiboletSibbolethH5451וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָכִיןyakhinhe gave attentionH3559לְדַבֵּרledaberto speakH1696כֵּןkenrightH3651וַיֹּאחֲזוּvaiyochazuand they seizedH270אוֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853וַיִּשְׁחָטוּהוּvaiyishchatuhuand they slaughtered himH7819אֶל־'el-toH413מַעְבְּרוֹתma'berot[the] fords ofH4569הַיַּרְדֵּןhaiyardenthe JordanH3383וַיִּפֹּלvaiyipoland it fellH5307בָּעֵתba'etat the timeH6256הַהִיאhahi'<the> thatH1931מֵאֶפְרַיִםme'efrayimof EphraimH669אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705וּשְׁנַיִםushenayimand twoH8147אָלֶף׃'alefthousandH505
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People and places
People: Ephraim
Places: Jordan