Deuteronomy 9:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, '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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

• 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?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  ad people greate and tall, euen the childern of the Enakims, which thou knowest and of whom thou hast herde saye who is able to stond before the childern of Enack?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  a greate people and of an hye stature, namely the childre of Enakim, whom thou hast knowne, and of whom thou hast herde saye: Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A people great and tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A people great & tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whiche thou knowest of, & of whom thou hast heard say, who wyll stand before the children of Anac?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou -- thou hast known, (and thou -- thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?)

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, of whom you have knowledge and of whom it has been said, All are forced to give way before the sons of Anak.

• World English Bible (2000)

  a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, "Who can stand before the sons of Anak?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They include the Anakites, a numerous and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said,“Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

Referenced Verses

• Num 13:22 : 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Num 13:28 : 28 However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
• Num 13:33 : 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."
• Deut 2:11-12 : 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim. 12 The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them. They destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.
• Deut 2:21 : 21 They were a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.
• Deut 7:24 : 24 He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
• Job 11:10 : 10 If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?
• Dan 8:4 : 4 I saw the ram charging to the west, north, and south. No animal could stand against it, and no one could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.
• Dan 11:16 : 16 The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him. He will establish himself in the Glorious Land, and it will be completely under his control.
• Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
• Exod 9:11 : 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.