kaṣādum

[Army → War]

: (D) : to seize hold , to take by force , to take possession (goods or persons) , to capture / confiscate / take prisoner (?) / to carry away as a prisoner (?) ; Dt : to be seized / captured ; note : this word could be at the root of the etymology of the word "Chaldean" (nomadic looters from an area called "Ḫatti" / Biblical "Padan Aram" / North of today's Syria and South of Turkey). Those people were deported by the Assyrians to Southern Babylonia where they adapted and even prospered.

See also : Kaldû, kaldu

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