King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:11 in the King James Version says “Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”
Deuteronomy 2:11 · KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. Distress: or, Use no hostility against Moab
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. succeeded: Heb. inherited stead: or, room
Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. brook: or, valley
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also were accounted”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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