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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The Chaldee, the Samaritan, the Assyrian, the Phoenician, the Ethiopia are dead and would hardly be known to us except for the remnants of them which we trace through the sacred books of the Scripture.
From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.
She also acquired some knowledge of at least three Oriental tongues, Hebrew, Chaldee and Arabic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
In some MSS. collated by Kennicott, he found the tetragrammaton "Jehovah" written in this ancient character, whilst the rest was Chaldee.
He published an English, Hebrew, and Chaldee Grammar in 1705, at Oxford.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
He was the author of an "Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon," "Syriac Reading Lessons with Analysis," and "Chaldee Reading Lessons," an English edition of Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
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