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.
Ver. 6. Say now Shibboleth, and he said Sibboleth.] Shibboleth est fluxus fluminis, ut Psalms 69:2,3, a stream, or ford. They were discerned by their lisping, their dialect betrayed them. a How many have we that can hardly lisp out a syllable of good language, and if they attempt it, falter fearfully!
a Sic et hodieque in Hispaniac voce "Cebolla ," cepam significante, facile agnoscunt qui exteri sint, quique incolae.