Deuteronomy 2:20 Go deeper
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(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; (KJV)
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אֶֽרֶץ\־'e.retz-[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 1
רְפָאִ֥יםre.fa.'Im[the] Rephaites
Lemma: רְפָאִים (re.pha.im) · Strong's: H7497B
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Rephaim
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 14:5, Genesis 15:20, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 3:13, Joshua 12:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7497B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 2
תֵּחָשֵׁ֖בte.cha.Shevit was regarded
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24, Job 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 3
אַף\־'af-also
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 4
הִ֑ואhi'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 5
רְפָאִ֤יםre.fa.'Im[the] Rephaites
Lemma: רְפָאִים (re.pha.im) · Strong's: H7497B
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Rephaim
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 14:5, Genesis 15:20, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 3:13, Joshua 12:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7497B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 6
יָֽשְׁבוּ\־ya.she.vu-they dwelt
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 7
לְפָנִ֔יםle.fa.Nim<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 8
וְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔יםve.ha.'a.mo.Nimand the Ammonites
Lemma: עַמּוֹנִי (am.mo.ni) · Strong's: H5984H
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Ammon
Used 19 times. Also: Deuteronomy 23:3, 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:2, 2 Samuel 23:37, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5984H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 9
יִקְרְא֥וּyik.re.'Uthey called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to call: call by
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 10
זַמְזֻמִּֽים\׃zam.zu.MimZamzummites
Lemma: זַמְזֻמִּים (zam.zom) · Strong's: H2157
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zamzummin
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2157; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:20 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| That too | → | אַף H0637 also |
| was regarded | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| as the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of the Rephaim | → | רְפָאִים H7497B Rephaim |
| [who] | → | רְפָאִים H7497B Rephaim |
| used to live | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| there | → | |
| . . . | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| though the Ammonites | → | עַמּוֹנִי H5984H Ammon |
| called | → | קָרָא H7121H to call: call by |
| them | → | |
| Zamzummites | → | זַמְזֻמִּים H2157 Zamzummin |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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