Deuteronomy 9:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַֽם־גָּד֥וֹל וָרָ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י עֲנָקִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ מִ֣י יִתְיַצֵּ֔ב לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י עֲנָֽק׃

Transliteration

ʿam-gādôl wārām bĕnê ʿănāqîm ʾăšer ʾattâ yādaʿtā wĕʾattâ šāmaʿtā who yityaṣṣēb before bĕnê ʿănāq

Grammar Details

*ʿam*: noun, masculine singular construct - people of
*gādôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/large
*wārām*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and tall/high
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
*ʿănāqîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Anakim
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom/which/that
*ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*yādaʿtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you knew
*wĕʾattâ*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - and you
*šāmaʿtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you heard
*yityaṣṣēb*: verb, hitpael imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will stand/withstand
*ʿănāq*: proper noun - Anak

Word Meanings

*ʿam*: people/nation/tribe
*rām*: tall/high/lofty/proud
*bĕnê*: sons/children/descendants
*yādaʿtā*: knew/recognized/acknowledged
*šāmaʿtā*: heard/listened to/obeyed
*yityaṣṣēb*: stand before/withstand/take position against

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Referenced Verses

Num 13:22 : 22 And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Num 13:28 : 28 Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Num 13:33 : 33 And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Deut 2:11-12 : 11 these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them.)
Deut 2:21 : 21 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;
Deut 7:24 : 24 And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Job 11:10 : 10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
Dan 8:4 : 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
Dan 11:16 : 16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Exod 9:11 : 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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