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--- giants [2024/04/25 17:41] – ken
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   *Commonly referred to as Rephaim, a term which construes two Hebrew words falsely with gigantic proportions - [[repa]] indicates healing and medicine, so the [[repaim]] more likely means "the healed" or "the healers", not giants. Likewise for the other possible root word [[repeh]] which most probably means "deformed". The presumed word built on this root would be [[repehim]], but not only does this not mean "giant", this is not even an actual word used anywhere within the corpus.
   *Commonly known as the Nephelim, based on the root word [[pel]] meaning "fall", the [[pelim]] are "the fallen ones" (those fallen in battle), the slain.
-  *Commonly known as the Anakim, based on [[yeneq]], the [[yeneqim]] are a people group systematically killed by Joshua, after Yahweh stole their territory. There is no indication that they were giants.
+  *Commonly known as the Anakim, based on [[yeneq]], the [[yeneqim]] are a people group systematically killed by Joshua, after Yahweh stole their territory. Although they are mentioned as being tall, they were apparently not that difficult of a foe for Joshua, so it is probably a stretch to think of them as giants.
+There is one word remaining that DOES actually mean giants:
   *[[gedol]] = "big", [[gedolim]] = "the big ones"/"giants"
+Conclusion - there are giants mentioned in the Bible, but most of the stories that people think are about giants are not, and most of the words that we use to refer to giants are the wrong words. This concept is related to but doesn't quite fit with [[ghost words]]