In the fifth century B.C.E., Nehemiah showed concern when he learned that some children among the Jews who had returned from Babylon could not speak the Hebrew language.
او متوجه شد که برخی از فرزندان خانواده‌های یهودی که از بابِل بازگشته بودند ،‏ نمی‌توانستند به زبان عبری صحبت کنند .‏ ‏