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kaśday כַּשְׂדַּי ‘Chaldean’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: corresponding to kaśdīm כַּשְׂדִּים ‘Chaldea’
Roots: כשׂדי כשׂדימה

kaśday pr n loc gen
Chaldean = "clod breakers"
1) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
2) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

Mentioned in Daniel 5:11, 4:4, 2:5, 2:10, 3:8, 5:7, 5:30

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