Hebrew Flashcards
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Q
The pronunciations of the state of Nevada, the Idaho city of Boise, and the NYC thoroughfare Houston Street are considered a kind of linguistic password that distinguishes locals from nonlocals. They are geographic examples of a term derived from Hebrew, which originated in the Book of Judges as a way for Gileadites to identify Ephraimites attempting to return to their conquered territory. What is this word?
A
Shibboleth
