- a variation of Chaldean.
Chaldee
Britishnoun
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a nontechnical term for Biblical Aramaic, which was once believed to be the language of the ancient Chaldeans
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the actual language of the ancient Chaldeans See also Chaldean
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an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea; a Chaldean
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Targum, a Chaldee version or paraphrase of the Old Testament.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
In some MSS. collated by Kennicott, he found the tetragrammaton "Jehovah" written in this ancient character, whilst the rest was Chaldee.
It is a Clavis Linguæ Sanctæ, or explanation of all the Hebrew, and some Chaldee, roots, found in the Old Testament, by Nicholas Trott, in three folio volumes, written with great care and neatness.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn
This word in the Chaldee dialect Comeraja, is everywhere in the Targum substituted for priests of idolatry.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
It is written partly in Hebrew and partly in Chaldee; this has led some to conclude that it is the work of different hands.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
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