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title: אֵימִים — Emims · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵימִים (368), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Emims. BDB 1906: n.pr.m.pl. Emim. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵימִים

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«אֵימִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Emims** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 368 · **BDB:** אֵימִים

### Glosses

Emites (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Emims [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/368/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m.pl. Emim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/368/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m.pl. Emim (terrors) ancient inhab. of Moab Gn 14:5 (הָאֵימִים); Dt 2:10 (הָאֵמ׳); v 11 (אֵמ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵימִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/368/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.11/)

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רְפָאִ֛ים יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ אַף־הֵ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם אֵמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Rephaites they.were.regarded also they like the Anakites and the Moabites they.called (to) them Emites

*JPS 1917:* these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

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[Deuteronomy 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.10/)

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הָאֵמִ֥ים לְפָנִ֖ים יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֑הּ עַ֣ם גָּד֥וֹל וְרַ֛ב וָרָ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the Emites formerly they.dwelt in it a.people great and numerous and lofty like the Anakites

*JPS 1917:* The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;

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