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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

Mentioned in Ezra 5:12

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