shibboleth
Example from Scripture
idia ma eto “Aogwa Shibboleth *”. Bena ia na eto “ Sibboleth *”, badina be igwaurai-maorona na malana se heḡereḡere. Bena e dabaia tao, e alaia mase, Ioridane sinavaina ena turu-hanai gabudia ai. Una negana ai Efraim taudia gerebu-hani daha-ma + 12:6 Gerebu-hani daha-rua = 42,000. * e mase.
then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
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