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Where does “шибболет” come from?

шибболет (Russian) comes from French schibboleth//shibboleth, from Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת//שיבולת.

шибболет (Russian): shibboleth

Definitions

  1. shibboleth

Ancestry of “шибболет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchschibboleth//shibboleth—
2Hebrewשִׁבֹּלֶת//שיבולת—
Every word from Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת//שיבולת →