Genesis 15:7:8Gen.15.7.W8TAB

כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים

kasedim

the Chaldeans

Transliteration
ka-se-DIM
Extended
kah-seh-DEEM
IPA
/ka.sə.ˈdiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the Chaldeans

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כַּ + שְׂ + דִּ֔ים
ka + se + dim
kasedim

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-se-DIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-UR ka-se-DIM

  3. clause

    a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase meur Kasdim {מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים | mê-ʾûr kas-dîm} ‘from Ur of the Chaldeans’ anchors this act in concrete geography and history.

In contextGenesis 15:7

And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים (kasedim) 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 Gen.15.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W8.S1) and character.