Kasdim

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Kasdim is the Hebrew term for the Chaldeans, an ancient people of southern Mesopotamia associated with the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Kasdim canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew term
ethnonym
associatedWith Babylon
Chaldea
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ur of the Chaldeans
biblicalContext often translated as Chaldeans
denotes an ancient people of southern Mesopotamia
ethnoLinguisticAssociation Akkadian-speaking populations
historicalRegion southern Mesopotamia
languageOfOrigin Hebrew
mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Book of Genesis
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Books of Kings
surface form: Book of Kings
pluralFormOf Kased
refersTo Chaldeans
refersToEthnicGroup Chaldeans
surface form: Chaldeans of southern Mesopotamia
relatedTerm Kasdi
Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Neo-Babylonians
religiousContext term appearing in Christian Old Testament translations
term used in Jewish tradition
roleInBiblicalText designation of a foreign imperial power
scriptForm כַּשְׂדִּים
standardEnglishRendering Chaldeans
timePeriod first millennium BCE
transliteration Ur Kasdim
surface form: Kaśdîm
usedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

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Chaldeans mentionedAs Kasdim