shibboleth

The password the Gileadites used at the Jordan: fleeing Ephraimites who said 'sibboleth' were caught and killed. It became English for any test word or badge of group membership.

Weakest linkCertain

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From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew

From Biblical Hebrew to German

From Biblical Hebrew to French

From Biblical Hebrew to Dutch

3750 BCEProto-Semitic

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