Lexical Definition

‎שִׁבֹּל‎ shibbôl (shib-bole) stream ^H:N-F
or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth (shib-bo'-leth); from the same as ‎שֹׁבֶל‎

branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare ‎סִבֹּלֶת‎.

• a stream (as flowing)
• also an ear of grain (as growing out)
• by analogy, a branch

1) flowing stream
2) ear (of grain), head of grain
2a) as growing
2b) cluster

See Greek: καλάμη · κλάδος · στάχυς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת‎ noun feminine flowing stream; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Ps 69:3*, as test of dialect Judg 12:6 (compare ‎סִבֹּלֶת‎ and GFM); construct ‎מַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 69:16*, ‎הַנָּהָר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 27:12.

II. ‎שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת‎ noun feminine ear of grain; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Job 24:21 +; plural ‎שִׁבֳּלִים‎ Gen 41:5 +, construct ‎שִׁבֳּלֵי‎ Zech 4:12 — ear, Gen 41:5; Gen 41:6; Gen 41:7: Gen 41:7; Gen 41:22; Gen 41:23; Gen 41:24 (twice in verse); Gen 41:26; Gen 41:27; Isa 17:5 (twice in verse); Ruth 2:2; Job 24:24 transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zech 4:12.

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