a.na.qi identifies the Anakites, a people portrayed as tall and associated with fortified places and hill-country conflict.

The term identifies the Anakites as a people group. Across the supplied verses, they are compared with other large and tall peoples, described in relation to fortified cities and particular lands, and appear in accounts of their removal, remaining locations, and possession of territory.

1. The Anakite people in land and conflict accounts · dominant

   The plural noun identifies a people in descriptions of the land: in Deuteronomy 1:28 the APB renders a report of “sons of Anakites” alongside a great people and fortified cities, and in Deuteronomy 9:2 it renders “the sons of the Anakites” as great and tall. In Joshua 11:21 the APB renders their elimination from the hill country, while Joshua 11:22 and Joshua 14:12 place them in accounts of remaining inhabitants and possession of a mountain.

   Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 9:2Joshua 11:21Joshua 11:22Joshua 14:12Joshua 14:15
2. A comparison point for other peoples · common

   In Deuteronomy 2:10 the APB compares the Emim in size and height with the Anakites. Deuteronomy 2:11 and Deuteronomy 2:21 likewise use them as the comparison group for peoples regarded as Rephaim or described as large, numerous, and tall.

   Deuteronomy 2:10Deuteronomy 2:11Deuteronomy 2:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Anakites,” sometimes within “sons of Anakites.” Its whole-verse translation also associates them with height, cities, land, and conflict.