Original: כַּשְׂדִּי

Transliteration: Kasdîy

Phonetic: kas-dee'

Short Definition: Chaldeans

Original: כּשׂדּימה כּשׂדּי

Transliteration: kaśdı̂y kaśdı̂ymâh

Phonetic: kas-dee'

BDB Definition:

Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"

1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf (noun proper locative)
2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris (noun proper masculine)
3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension) (noun proper masculine)

Origin: (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah kas-dee'- maw

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H3747, H3748, H3772, H3773, H3774, H3777