Lexicon
אֵימִים
e.mim
H0368
N:N--L Hebrew

Emim

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

e.mim denotes a people identified as living in a place, called by the Moabites, and struck in battle.

The occurrences consistently identify a people: they had lived in a land, are called by the Moabites, and are named among groups struck in battle.

Senses in use

  1. A named people group · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 2:10 the APB renders the clause as saying that this people had lived there previously and describes them as large, numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. In Deuteronomy 2:11 the APB says that the Moabites call them by this name, while Genesis 14:5 names them among the peoples struck in Shaveh Kiriathaim.

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the term as the name of a people in all three verses: former inhabitants in Deuteronomy 2:10, a name used by the Moabites in Deuteronomy 2:11, and a people struck in Genesis 14:5. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these clauses confirm the verse-level presentation rather than isolate a separate English equivalent.

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