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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it say please Shibboleth and_he/it_said Sibboleth and_not he_gave_attention to_pronounce right and_seized DOM_him and_executed_him to the_fords the_Yardēn and_fell in/on/at/with_time the_that of_ʼEfrayim forty and_two thousand.
OET (OET-RV) then they’d demand, “Now say: Shibboleth.” But if he said “Sibboleth” because he didn’t have time to think to pronounce it correctly, they would seize him and would slaughter him at those crossing places of the Yordan. Forty-two thousand from Efraim fell at that time.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֱמָר נָ֨א שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת
say now shibboleth
The word Shibboleth could mean either a stream or an ear of corn, but the meaning of the word was not important. What mattered was its pronunciation. Alternate translation: [Please say ‘Shibboleth,’ because they wanted to hear whether he could make the ‘sh’ sound]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיִּפֹּ֞ל
and,fell
The author is using the action of falling to represent dying in battle, by association with the way soldiers fall down when they die. Alternate translation: [died]
12:6 The term Shibboleth has come to mean any password used to identify imposters. Such linguistic litmus tests have been used by armies throughout history.
• 42,000 Ephraimites: This number could possibly be translated as “42 troops” (see study note on Exod 12:37).
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it say please Shibboleth and_he/it_said Sibboleth and_not he_gave_attention to_pronounce right and_seized DOM_him and_executed_him to the_fords the_Yardēn and_fell in/on/at/with_time the_that of_ʼEfrayim forty and_two thousand.
OET (OET-RV) then they’d demand, “Now say: Shibboleth.” But if he said “Sibboleth” because he didn’t have time to think to pronounce it correctly, they would seize him and would slaughter him at those crossing places of the Yordan. Forty-two thousand from Efraim fell at that time.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.