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Anakim (Hebrew: עֲנָקִים ʿĂnāqīm) are mentioned in the Bible as descendants of Anak. [1] According to the Old Testament, the Anakim lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). Genesis 14:5–6 states that they inhabited the region later known as Edom and Moab in the days of Abraham.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
David and Goliath (1888) by Osmar Schindler. Goliath [A] (/ ɡ ə ˈ l aɪ ə θ / gə-LY-əth) is a Philistine giant in the Book of Samuel.Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature vary among biblical sources, with various texts describing him as either 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) or 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) tall. [1]
Anak (/ ˈ eɪ n æ k /; Hebrew: עֲנָק , [1] homophone to a word for "giant, long neck, necklace"; Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕaˈnɔːq]) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible.His descendants are mentioned in narratives concerning the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites.
Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .
The English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD) was created by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and was first published in 1917. [1] It originally comprised over 50,000 headwords listed in their spelling form, each of which was given one or more pronunciations transcribed using a set of phonemic symbols based on a standard accent.
In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite or Repha'im (cf. the plural word in Hebrew: רְפָאִים, romanized: rəfāʾīm; Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎔𐎜𐎎, romanized: rpʾum, [1] Phoenician: 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤌, romanized: rpʾm) [2] refers either to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11, or ...
Anakin is a masculine given name usually given in reference to the Star Wars character Darth Vader, a hero turned villain whose original name was Anakin Skywalker.In Legends continuity, the name is shared with Anakin Solo, the third child of Han Solo and Leia Organa, daughter of Anakin Skywalker.