Ezekiel 23:15:12Ezek.23.15.W12TAB
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kasdim
“Chaldeans”
- Transliteration
- kas-dim
- Extended
- kahs-DEEM
- IPA
- /kaʃˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Chaldeans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kas-dim
- clause
de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
- sentence
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
Exegesis
The construct chain dəmūt bənê-ḇāḇel kaśdîm ʾereṣ mōlad-tām {דְּמוּת בְּנֵי־בָבֶל כַּשְׂדִּים אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּם | də-mūṯ bə-nê-ḇā-ḇel kaś-dîm ʾe-reṣ mō-lad-tām} links their likeness to the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, by specifying their native land. English prepositional and appositional phrases mirror the Hebrew construct relationships.
Root and etymology
š-d-d
“breast”
In context — Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with sashes around their waists and with flowing dyed cloths upon their heads, they had the appearance of officers , all of them like the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, of the land of their birth.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 23:15, so the Hebrew word כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים (kasdim) 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.23.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.15.W12.S1) and character.