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(It tooאַף הִואwas countedתֵּחָשֵׁבas a landאֶרֶץof Rephaim;רְפָאִיםRephaimרְפָאִיםlivedיָשְׁבוּthereבָהּformerly,לְפָנִיםand the AmmonitesוְהָעַמֹּנִיםcallיִקְרְאוּthemלָהֶםZamzummim,זַמְזֻמִּים
Deuteronomy 2:20
Study it in the app“(It too was counted as a land of Rephaim; Rephaim lived there formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 2:20, word by word
- was countedתֵּחָשֵׁבtechashev
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “techashev” appears- as a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Rephaimרְפָאִיםrefaim
Rephaim
An ancient people of very tall men.
Where else “refaim” appears- livedיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- formerlyפָנִיםfanim
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanim” appears- and the Ammonitesעַמֹּנִיםamonim
Ammonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amonim” appears- callיִקְרְאוּyikru
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikru” appears- Zamzummimזַמְזֻמִּיםzamzumim
Zamzummim
Zamzummim: the name the Ammonites gave to the Rephaim, an ancient people of great height.
Where else “zamzumim” appears
The context
19and you will come near opposite the sons of Ammon. Do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.”
20 · This verse (above)
21a people great, numerous, and tall like the Anakim. But YHWH destroyed them from before them, and they dispossessed them and lived in their place,