CHALDEE  , a See also:

• TERM

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

• EZRA (from a Hebrew word meaning " help ")
• EZRA, FOURTH BOOK (or APOCALYPSE) OF
• EZRA, THIRD BOOK OF [I Esdras]

Ezra and See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

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
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

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
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

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

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews (W . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

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) .