Ezekiel 23:14:8Ezek.23.14.W8TAB
כשדיים
khsdayim
“Chaldeans”
- Transliteration
- khs-da-yim
- Extended
- khs-dah-yeem
- IPA
- /kaʃ.diːˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Chaldeans
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khs-da-yim
- phraseyour reading level
tsal-ME khs-da-yim khas-DIM
- clause
va-te-RE an-she me-khu-KE al-ha-KIR tsal-ME khs-da-yim khas-DIM kha-ku-KIM ba-sha-SHAR
- sentence
va-to-SEF el-ta-znu-TE-ha va-te-RE an-she me-khu-KE al-ha-KIR tsal-ME khs-da-yim khas-DIM kha-ku-KIM ba-sha-SHAR
Exegesis
The construct tzalmei kasdayim {צַלְמֵי כשדיים | ṣal-mê kaś-dayim} identifies Chaldean imagery, with the comparative kasdim {כַשְׂדִּים | kaś-dîm} ‘like Chaldeans’ emphasizing likeness.
Root and etymology
š-d-d
“breast”
In context — Ezekiel 23:14
And she added to her harlotries , and she saw men portrayed on the wall—images of the Chaldeans engraved in vermilion .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 23:14, so the Hebrew word כשדיים (khsdayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.23.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.14.W8.S1) and character.