King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:20 in the King James Version says “(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;”
Deuteronomy 2:20 · KJV
Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That also was 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
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“therein in old time”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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