H0797 H0797
Ashdodite (language spoken by inhabitants of Ashdod, distinct from Hebrew)
Nehemiah confronted the disturbing reality that children of mixed marriages spoke the language of Ashdod rather than Hebrew, representing cultural and religious assimilation. This adverbial phrase denotes speaking in the Philistine dialect of Ashdod, one of the five major Philistine cities. The loss of Hebrew language threatened covenant identity in the restoration community.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Adverbial designation for the language or dialect of Ashdod in Nehemiah 13:24. The reformer's concern centered on children who could not speak Hebrew, having adopted their mothers' Philistine tongue. This linguistic shift symbolized deeper covenant erosion through intermarriage with pagan peoples, threatening Israel's distinct identity as God's people. 1×
AR["بِالْأَشْدُودِيَّةِ"]·ben["অশদোদীয়"]·DE["[אשדודית]"]·EN["Ashdodite"]·FR["[אשדודית]"]·heb["אשדודית"]·HI["अश्दोदी-भाषा"]·ID["bahasa-Asdod"]·IT["[אשדודית]"]·jav["basa-Asdod"]·KO["아스돗-말을"]·PT["asdodita"]·RU["по-ашдодитски"]·ES["asdodeo"]·SW["Kiashdodi"]·TR["Aşdotça"]·urd["اشدودی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַשְׁדּוֹדִית adv. in the language of Ashdod i.e. Philistines Ne 13:24 מְדַבֵּר א׳.