Nehemiah 13:24
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Able Ashdod Children Half Jewish Jews Judah Language Peoples Speak Speaking Speech Talking Use
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English Standard Version
And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.

New American Standard Bible
As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.

King James Bible
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew.

International Standard Version
Furthermore, their children spoke half of the time in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Judah. Instead, they spoke in the languages of various peoples.

NET Bible
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or one of the other languages, but they couldn't understand the language of Judah well enough to speak it.

King James 2000 Bible
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people.

American King James Version
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

American Standard Version
and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.

Darby Bible Translation
And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

English Revised Version
and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Webster's Bible Translation
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

World English Bible
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Young's Literal Translation
And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.
Lexicon
And their children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
spake
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
half
chetsiy  (khay-tsee')
the half or middle -- half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
in the speech of Ashdod
'Ashdowdiyth  (ash-do-deeth')
(only adverb) in the language of Ashdod -- in the speech of Ashdod.
and could
nakar  (naw-kar')
acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
not speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
in the Jews' language
Yhuwdiyth  (yeh-hoo-deeth')
the Jewish (used adverbially) language -- in the Jews' language.
but according to the language
lashown  (law-shone')
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
of each
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
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