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shib´oÌ„Ì-leth (שבּלת, shibboÌ„leth): A test of speech applied by the men of Gilead to the Ephraimites, who wished to cross the Jordan, after defeat. If they pronounced the word sÌ£ibboÌ„leÌ„th, their dialectic variety of speech betrayed them. (). The word probably has the sense of stream or “flood†(compare ).