שִׁבֹּלֶת
šibbōlet
ear
Strong's H7641NounHebrewTWOT 2316c

שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbōlet) is a Hebrew noun meaning ear. It appears 19 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7641).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2316c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2316c)ear; stream, ear of grain, branch; channel, flood, Shibboleth
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun, feminine: ear

ear of grain

Strong's H7641 שִׁבֹּל: a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
KJV:branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2316: שׁבל šbl — Root of: שְׁבוּל way, path, flowing along, stretching out; שֹׁ֫בֶל flowing skirt, train; שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת ear; שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת flowing stream

See it in Scripture

Genesis 41:5Judges 12:6Ruth 2:2

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