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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. All we can really infer about the 'yeneqim' is what the texts explicitly say about them.
+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.
-  *Deuteronomy 1:28 tells us that they had large cities with great fortifications, and relates them to "The Ascendant Ones" and "The Legendary Ones" ([[semim]])
+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 genocide against their remnant that was scattered in the hills, leaving only a few survivors in Gaza.
+  *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, it is probably a stretch to think of them as [[giants]].
+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]].