Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1121 [e] וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם ū-ḇə-nê-hem, And their children Conj-w | N-mpc | 3mp 2677 [e] חֲצִי֙ ḥă-ṣî half N-ms 1696 [e] מְדַבֵּ֣ר mə-ḏab-bêr of spoke V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms 797 [e] אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית ’aš-dō-w-ḏîṯ, the [language] of Ashdodite N-proper-ms 369 [e] וְאֵינָ֥ם wə-’ê-nām and not Conj-w | Adv | 3mp 5234 [e] מַכִּירִ֖ים mak-kî-rîm could V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp 1696 [e] לְדַבֵּ֣ר lə-ḏab-bêr speak Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 3066 [e] יְהוּדִ֑ית yə-hū-ḏîṯ; Hebrew N-proper-fs 3956 [e] וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן wə-ḵil-šō-wn but according to [spoke] the language Conj-w, Prep-k | N-csc 5971 [e] עַ֥ם ‘am of people N-ms 5971 [e] וָעָֽם׃ wā-‘ām. and one or the other Conj-w | N-ms

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.

could not speak. Heb. they discerned not to speak. each people. Heb. people and people.

Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may …

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