Deuteronomy 2:11 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:11

Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

KJV

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims,.... Because of their bulky size and tall stature; or,"the Rephaim were they accounted, even they as the Anakims;''they were reckoned Rephaim, a name for giants in early times, even as the Anakims were; see Gen 14:5. but the Moabites called them Emims; to distinguish them from the Rephaim; so that it seems this name of Emims was not originally their name, but they are called so by a prolepsis, or anticipation, in Gen 14:5 since they had it from the Moabites, a people of a later date.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Which also were accounted giants - This is not a fortunate version. The word is not giants, but רפאים Rephaim, the name of a people. It appears that the Emim, the Anakim, and the Rephaim, were probably the same people, called by different names in the different countries where they dwelt; for they appear originally to have been a kind of wandering free-booters, who lived by plunder. (See on Deu 2:10 (note)). It must be granted, however, that there were several men of this race of extraordinary stature. And hence all gigantic men have been called Rephaim.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רְפָאִ֛ים	re.fa.'Im	Rephaites	H7497 →
יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ	ye.cha.she.Vu	they were regarded	H2803 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
הֵ֖ם	hem	they	H1992 →
כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים	ka.'a.na.Kim	like the Anakites	H6062 →
וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים	ve.ha.Mo.'a.Vim	and the Moabites	H4125 →
יִקְרְא֥וּ	yik.re.'U	they called	H7121 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	<to> them
אֵמִֽים׃	'e.Mim	Emites	H368 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:28
  Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 6:4
  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of…
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- 1 Samuel 17:42
  When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
- Deuteronomy 9:2
  The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
Through
Numbers 13:28
Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:1–2
  Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 13:33
  We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 11:22
  No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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06About Deuteronomy

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Deuteronomy