Verse 24

{ "verseID": "Nehemiah.13.24", "source": "וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם חֲצִי֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית וְאֵינָ֥ם מַכִּירִ֖ים לְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוּדִ֑ית וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן עַ֥ם וָעָֽם׃", "text": "And *bənêhem* half *mədabbēr* *ʾašdôdît*, and *ʾênām* *makkîrîm* to *dabbēr* *yəhûdît*, and according to *kîləšôn* *ʿam* and *ʿām*.", "grammar": { "*bənêhem*": "masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sons/children", "*mədabbēr*": "Piel participle masculine singular - speaking", "*ʾašdôdît*": "feminine singular - language of Ashdod", "*ʾênām*": "particle of negation with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they were not", "*makkîrîm*": "Hiphil participle masculine plural - knowing/recognizing", "*dabbēr*": "Piel infinitive construct - to speak", "*yəhûdît*": "feminine singular - language of Judah/Jewish", "*kîləšôn*": "masculine singular with preposition - according to language of", "*ʿam*": "masculine singular - people/nation", "*ʿām*": "masculine singular - people/nation" }, "variants": { "*mədabbēr*": "speaking/talking", "*ʾašdôdît*": "language of Ashdod/Ashdodite", "*makkîrîm*": "knowing/recognizing/able", "*yəhûdît*": "language of Judah/Jewish/Hebrew", "*kîləšôn* *ʿam* and *ʿām*": "according to the language of each people/respective languages of various peoples" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Zeph 3:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Zephaniah.3.9", "source": "כִּֽי־אָ֛ז אֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ אֶל־עַמִּ֖ים שָׂפָ֣ה בְרוּרָ֑ה לִקְרֹ֤א כֻלָּם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לְעָבְד֖וֹ שְׁכֶ֥ם אֶחָֽד", "text": "Because-then *ʾehpōk* to-*ʿammîm* *śāpâ* *berûrâ* to *qĕrōʾ* all-of-them in *šēm* *YHWH*, to *ʿābedô* *šĕkem* *ʾeḥād*", "grammar": { "*ʾehpōk*": "qal imperfect 1st singular - I will turn/change", "*ʿammîm*": "masculine plural noun - peoples", "*śāpâ*": "feminine singular noun - lip/language/speech", "*berûrâ*": "feminine singular qal passive participle - purified/pure", "*qĕrōʾ*": "qal infinitive construct - to call", "*šēm*": "masculine singular construct - name of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh", "*ʿābedô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to serve him", "*šĕkem*": "masculine singular noun - shoulder", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral - one/united" }, "variants": { "*ʾehpōk*": "I will turn/change/transform", "*ʿammîm*": "peoples/nations", "*śāpâ*": "lip/language/speech/edge", "*berûrâ*": "purified/pure/clean", "*qĕrōʾ*": "to call/proclaim/invoke", "*šēm*": "name/reputation", "*ʿābedô*": "to serve him/worship him", "*šĕkem*": "shoulder/united effort", "*ʾeḥād*": "one/united/together" } }