kaśdāy כַּשְׂדָּ֑י ‘Chaldean’ (Aramaic)
Etymology?:
for kaśdīm כַּשְׂדִּים ‘Chaldea’
Roots:
כשׂדי כשׂדימה
kaśdāy pr n loc gen
Chaldean = see Chaldea "clod-breakers"
1) a group of people usually associated with the area around Babylonia
2) the learned class of priests, magicians, or astronomers