Deuteronomy 2:10
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֵימִים
ʼÊymîym
Emim, an early Canaanitish (or Maobitish) tribe
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
צְלֹחִית
tsᵉlôchîyth
something prolonged or tall, i.e. a vial or salt-cellar
עֲנָקִי
ʻĂnâqîy
an Anakite or descendant of Anak
Key Terms in This Verse
צְלֹחִית tsᵉlôchîyth
something prolonged or tall, i.e. a vial or salt-cellar
Study H6746 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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