Nehemiah 13:24
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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.

could not speak.

Zephaniah 3:9 Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

Context
Intermarriage Forbidden
23In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. 24And 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.25And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 13:23
In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.

Nehemiah 13:25
And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:

Lexicon
Half
חֲצִי֙ (ḥă·ṣî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle

of their children
וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם (ū·ḇə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

spoke
מְדַבֵּ֣ר (mə·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

the language of Ashdod
אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית (’aš·dō·w·ḏîṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 797: In the language of Ashdod

or of
וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן (wə·ḵil·šō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

the other peoples,
עַ֥ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

but could not
וְאֵינָ֥ם (wə·’ê·nām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

speak
לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

Hebrew.
יְהוּדִ֑ית (yə·hū·ḏîṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3066: The Jewish -- language


Additional Translations
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak Hebrew.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.

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.

and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.
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