Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ way-yō-mə-rū and they would say Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp [e] לוֹ֩ lōw to him Prep-l | 3ms 559 [e] אֱמָר־ ’ĕ-mār- Say V-Qal-Imp-ms 4994 [e] נָ֨א nā please Interjection 7641 [e] שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת šib-bō-leṯ Shibboleth N-fs 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way-yō-mer And he would say Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 5451 [e] סִבֹּ֗לֶת sib-bō-leṯ Sibboleth N-fs 3808 [e] וְלֹ֤א wə-lō and for not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 3559 [e] יָכִין֙ yā-ḵîn he could V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 1696 [e] לְדַבֵּ֣ר lə-ḏab-bêr pronounce [it] Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 3651 [e] כֵּ֔ן kên correctly Adj-ms 270 [e] וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ way-yō-ḥă-zū And they would take Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אוֹת֔וֹ ’ō-w-ṯōw him DirObjM | 3ms 7819 [e] וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ way-yiš-ḥā-ṭū-hū and kill him Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- at Prep 4569 [e] מַעְבְּר֣וֹת ma‘-bə-rō-wṯ the fords N-fpc 3383 [e] הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן hay-yar-dên of the Jordan Art | N-proper-fs 5307 [e] וַיִּפֹּ֞ל way-yip-pōl And there fell Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 6256 [e] בָּעֵ֤ת bā-‘êṯ at the time Prep-b, Art | N-cs 1931 [e] הַהִיא֙ ha-hî that Art | Pro-3fs 669 [e] מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם mê-’ep̄-ra-yim of Ephraim Prep-m | N-proper-ms 705 [e] אַרְבָּעִ֥ים ’ar-bā-‘îm forty Number-cp 8147 [e] וּשְׁנַ֖יִם ū-šə-na-yim and two Conj-w | Number-md 505 [e] אָֽלֶף׃ ’ā-lep̄ thousand Number-ms

Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
that they say to him, ‘Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;’ and he saith, ‘Sibboleth,’ and is not prepared to speak right—and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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. At that time 42,000 from Ephraim died.

New American Standard Bible
then they would say to him, "Say now, 'Shibboleth.'" But he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42000 of Ephraim.

King James Bible
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. Judges 12:6 • Judges 12:6 NIV • Judges 12:6 NLT • Judges 12:6 ESV • Judges 12:6 NASB • Judges 12:6 KJV • Judges 12:6 Biblia Paralela • Judges 12:6 Chinese Bible • Judges 12:6 French Bible • Judges 12:6 German Bible

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