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In The Bible, Judges, Chapter 12- the tribe of Gilead had been at war with the tribe of Ephriam, and beaten them. The losers were trying to cross the Jordan River and escape. Gilead posted soldiers at the crossing points, and stopped anyone trying to cross. They would make the person say the word "Shibboleth"- a word that meant the part of a plant that has grain. The Emphriamites spoke a different language, and spoke the word as "Sibboleth"- and were thus identified as enemies. The today it means a word or phrase whose pronunciation identifies a speaker as belonging to a particular group.

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