Then said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
they unto him Say
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
now Shibboleth
shibbol (shib-bole)
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch -- branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth.
and he said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Sibboleth
cibboleth (sib-bo'-leth)
an ear of grain -- Sibboleth.
for he could not frame
kuwn (koon)
to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications
to pronounce
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
it right
kuwn (koon)
to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications
Then they took
'achaz (aw-khaz')
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
him and slew
shachat (shaw-khat')
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) -- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
him at the passages
ma`abar (mah-ab-awr')
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming -- ford, place where...pass, passage.
of Jordan
Yarden (yar-dane')
a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine -- Jordan.
and there fell
naphal (naw-fal')
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
at that time
`eth (ayth)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
of the Ephraimites
'Ephrayim (ef-rah'-yim)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Ephraim, Ephraimites.
forty
'arba`iym (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
and two
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
thousand
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.