6 "Ebbene, di’ Scibboleth"; e quello diceva "Sibboleth", senza fare attenzione a pronunziar bene; allora lo pigliavano e lo scannavano presso i guadi del Giordano. E perirono in quel tempo quarantaduemila uomini d’Efraim.
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they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.