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 ענקימ
-The 'yeneqim' are group of people whose name is based upon the root word [[yeneq]]. Unfortunately, the root word is never used within the ancient Hebrew corpus, so we have no way of determining what it might mean.
+The 'yeneqim' are group of people whose name is based upon the root word [[yeneq]]. Unfortunately, the root word appears only as the name of a character, and gives no indication of what it might mean.
+All we can really infer about the 'yeneqim' is what the texts explicitly say about them.
+  *Deuteronomy 1:28 tells us that they had large cities with great fortifications, and relates them to "The Ascendant Ones" ([[yelim]]) and "The Legendary Ones" ([[semim]])
+  *Deuteronomy 2 says they were great and numerous and tall, before [[Yahweh]] dispossessed them and took their territory.
+  *Joshua 11:21 describes how Joshua enacted a systematic genocide against their remnant that was scattered in the hills, leaving only a few survivors in Gaza.
+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]].
-for now see [[wp>Anakim]]
-see also [[repaim]]