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CHALDEE , a See also:

TERM

term sometimes applied to the Aramaic portions of the biblical books of See also:

Ezra and See also:

Daniel or to the See also:

VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular paraphrases of the Old Testament (see See also:

TARGUM

TARGUM). The explanation formerly adopted and embodied in the name Chaldee is that the See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon. That the so-called Biblical Chaldee, in which considerable portions of the books of Ezra and Daniel are written, was really the See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of Babylon was supposed to be dear from See also:

DAN

Dan. ii. 4, where the Chaldaeans are said to have spoken to the See also:

king in Aramaic. But the See also:

CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions show that the language of the Chaldaeans was See also:

ASSYRIAN

Assyrian; and an examination of the very large See also:

PART

part of the See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew Old Testament written later than the See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile proves conclusively that the substitution of Aramaic for Hebrew as the vernacular of See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine took place very gradually. Hence scholars are now agreed that the term " Chaldee " is a misnomer, and that the See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect so called is really the language of the See also:

South-Western Arameans, who were the immediate neighbours of the See also:

Jews (W. See also:

Wright, See also:

COMPARATIVE

Comparative See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar of the Semitic See also:

LANGUAGES

Languages, p. 16).

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