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# כַּשְׂדַּי

Biblical Aramaic

**Chaldean** — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Chaldean [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d3_5b7_5bc_5d9/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כַּשְׂדָּ֑י: pr. gent. Chaldean [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d3_5b7_5bc_5d9/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. gent. Chaldean (v. BH כַּשְׂדִּים);—abs. כ׳ Dn 2:10; emph. כשדיא Dn 5:30 Kt (Qr כַּשְׂדָּאָה), כסדיא Ezr 5:12 Kt (Qr כַּסְדָּאָה); pl. abs. כַּשְׂדָּאִין 3:8; 5:11, emph. כשדיא Kt, כַּשְׂדָּאֵי Qr, Dn 2:5, 10; 4:4; 5:7;— Chaldean by race Dn 3:8; 5:30; Ezr 5:12. as learned, of the class of Magi (BH כ׳ 1 c), Dn 2:5, 10(×2); 4:4; 5:7, 11.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (5); Chaldean (2); Chaldeans (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 5:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.30/#tree)

בֵּ֚הּ בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א קְטִ֕יל בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֥א כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* on it on the night he.was.killed Belshazzar the king the Chaldean

*JPS 1917:* In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.

[Daniel 3:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.8/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֤ל דְּנָה֙ בֵּהּ־זִמְנָ֔א קְרִ֖בוּ גֻּבְרִ֣ין כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑ין וַאֲכַ֥לוּ קַרְצֵיה֖וֹן דִּ֥י יְהוּדָיֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* as to because this at it the time they.approached men Chaldean and they.ate pieces their (diy).of the Jews

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d3_5b7_5bc_5d9.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b7_5bc_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d3_5b7_5bc_5d9/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).