Shēnméngjì 2:20

20 ( nà dì yĕ suàn wéi Lìfáyīnrén zhī dì , xiānqián Lìfáyīnrén zhù zaì nàli , Yàmén rén chēng tāmen wéi sǎn sòng míng .

Shēnméngjì 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.

Shēnméngjì 2:20 In-Context

18 Nǐ jīntiān yào cóng Móyē de jìngjiè yà Ěr jīngguò ,

19 Zǒu jìn Yàmén rén zhī dì , bùkĕ rǎo haì tāmen , yĕ bùkĕ yǔ tāmen zhēng zhàn . Yàmén rén de dì , wǒ bú cìgĕi nǐmen wéi yè , yīn wǒ yǐ jiāng nà dì cìgĕi Luódé de zǐsūn wéi yè .

20 ( nà dì yĕ suàn wéi Lìfáyīnrén zhī dì , xiānqián Lìfáyīnrén zhù zaì nàli , Yàmén rén chēng tāmen wéi sǎn sòng míng .

21 Nà mín zhòngduō , shēntǐ gāo dà , xiàng Yànà rén yíyàng , dàn Yēhéhuá cóng Yàmén rén miànqián chúmiĕ tāmen , Yàmén rén jiù de le tāmende dì , jiē zhe jūzhù .

22 Zhēng rú Yēhéhuá cóng qián wéi zhù Xīĕr de Yǐsǎo zǐsūn jiāng Hélìrén cóng tāmen miànqián chúmiĕ , tāmen de le Hélìrén de dì , jiē zhe jūzhù yíyàng , zhídào jīnrì .