Lexical Summary shibbol or shibboleth: ear (of grain) Original Word: שִׁבֹּלTransliteration: shibbol or shibboleth Phonetic Spelling: (shib-bole) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: ear (of grain) Meaning: a stream, an ear of grain, a branch Strong's Concordance branch, channel, ear of corn, water, flood, Shibboleth Or (feminine) shibboleth {shib-bo'-leth}; from the same as shebel; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch -- branch, channel, ear (of corn), ((water-))flood, Shibboleth. Compare cibboleth. see HEBREW shebel see HEBREW cibboleth Brown-Driver-Briggs H7641. shibbol or shibboleth I. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine flowing stream; — ׳שׁ absolute Psalm 69:3, as test of dialect Judges 12:6 (compare סִבֹּלֶת and GFM); construct ׳שׁ מַיִם Psalm 69:16, ׳שׁ הַנָּהָר Isaiah 27:12. II. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine ear of grain; — ׳שׁ absolute Job 24:21 +; plural שִׁבֳּלִים Genesis 41:5 +, construct שִׁבֳּלֵי Zechariah 4:12; — ear, Genesis 41:5-6, 7: 41:7; 41:22; 41:23; 41:24 (twice in verse); 41:26-27, Isaiah 17:5 (twice in verse); Ruth 2:2; Job 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zechariah 4:12. |