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And as for their sons,וּבְנֵיהֶםhalfחֲצִיspokeמְדַבֵּרthe language of Ashdod,אַשְׁדּוֹדִיתand they did notוְאֵינָםknow howמַכִּירִיםto speakלְדַבֵּרthe language of Judah,יְהוּדִיתbutוְaccording to the languageכִלְשׁוֹןof each people.עַם וָעָם
Nehemiah 13:24
Study it in the app“And as for their sons, half spoke the language of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:24, word by word
- And as for their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- spokeמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appears- the language of Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹדִיתashdodit
in Ashdodite
In the language of Ashdod: the speech of that Philistine city.
Where else “ashdodit” appears- know howמַכִּירִיםmakirim
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “makirim” appears- the language of Judahיְהוּדִיתyehudit
in Judean (language)
"In Judean," that is, in the language of Judah: the Hebrew spoken by the people of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:26, 28; Nehemiah 13:24). This translation writes "in the language of Judah."
Where else “yehudit” appears- according to the languageלְשׁוֹןleshon
language
The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.
Where else “leshon” appears- of each peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears
The context
23Also in those days I saw the Jews who had married Ashdodite, Ammonite, and Moabite women.
24 · This verse (above)
25And I contended with them and cursed them and struck some men of them, and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by Elohim: “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.