The meaning of “שִׁבֹּל”
Understanding shibbôl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth (shib-bo'-leth); from the same as שֹׁבֶל branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)floo...
שִׁבֹּל
or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth (shib-bo'-leth); from the same as שֹׁבֶל branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare סִבֹּלֶת. - a stream (as flowing) - also an ear of grain (as growing out) - by analogy, a branch 1) flowing stream 2) ear (of grain), head of grain 2a) as growing 2b) cluster
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 41:23 | “And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:” Word: שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) | |
| 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.” Word: שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) | |
| Ruth 2:2 | “And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.” Word: שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) | |
| Job 24:24 | “They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.” Word: שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) | |
| Psalms 69:2 | “I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.” Word: שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) |
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