Deuteronômio 2:20

20 (Também essa é considerada terra de refains; outrora habitavam nela refains, mas os amonitas lhes chamam zanzumins,

Deuteronômio 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:20

That also was accounted a land of giants
Ammon was so reckoned as well as Moab, ( Deuteronomy 2:10 Deuteronomy 2:11 )

giants dwelt therein in old time;
the Rephaim dwelt there, as they did also in Ashteroth Karnaim, ( Genesis 14:5 )

and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
they are thought to be the same with the Zuzims in ( Genesis 14:5 ) who had their name, as Hillerus ^F3 thinks, from Mezuzah, a door post, from their tall stature, being as high as one; and for a like reason Saph the giant might have his name, ( 2 Samuel 21:18 ) . The word Zamzummims, according to him ^F4, signifies contrivers of evil and terrible things; they were inventors of wickedness, crafty and subtle in forming wicked and mischievous designs, which struck terror into people, and made them formidable to them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 158, 288, 289.
F4 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 161, 310, 428.

Deuteronômio 2:20 In-Context

18 Hoje passarás por Ar, o limite de Moabe;

19 e quando chegares defronte dos amonitas, não os molestes, e com eles não contendas, porque nada te darei da terra dos amonitas por herança; porquanto aos filhos de Ló a dei por herança.

20 (Também essa é considerada terra de refains; outrora habitavam nela refains, mas os amonitas lhes chamam zanzumins,

21 povo grande e numeroso, e alto como os anaquins; mas o Senhor os destruiu de diante dos amonitas; e estes, tendo-os desapossado, habitaram no lugar deles;

22 assim como fez pelos filhos de Esaú, que habitam em Seir, quando de diante deles destruiu os horeus; e os filhos de Esaú, havendo-os desapossado, habitaram no lugar deles até hoje.