Old Judean was the prominent dialect of Jerusalem and Judaea. The region of Ein Gedi spoke the Southeast Judaean dialect. Samaria had its distinctive Samaritan Aramaic, where the consonants "he", "" and "'ayin" all became pronounced as "aleph".
The passage describes the different dialects spoken in various regions of ancient Palestine, highlighting Old Judean as dominant in Jerusalem and Judea, and the distinctive Samaritan Aramaic language used in Samaria.