ye.hu.dit denotes the Judahite language as spoken or heard in public speech and contrasted with other languages.

The term designates the Judahite language: it marks speech addressed to people on Jerusalem’s wall and, in Nehemiah 13:24, the language that some children could not speak amid other local tongues.

1. The Judahite language in speech · dominant

   All six instances use the feminine singular absolute Gentilic form in language contexts. In 2 Kings 18:26 and Isaiah 36:11, speakers request Aramaic rather than public speech in this language before those on the wall; in 2 Kings 18:28, Isaiah 36:13, and 2 Chronicles 32:18, the APB renders loud public speech "in Judahite." Nehemiah 13:24 contrasts the language of Judah with the language of Ashdod and the tongue of each people.

   2 Chronicles 32:182 Kings 18:262 Kings 18:28Isaiah 36:11Isaiah 36:13Nehemiah 13:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Judahite" after "in" in the public-speech scenes, while Nehemiah 13:24 renders the broader clause with "the language of Judah." These renderings confirm the language setting without fixing every English equivalent to the term.