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Emim
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or A name applied (Deuteronomy 2:10) to the original inhabitants of Moab, though the Septuagint reads for it Îμμίν. The name is used (Genesis 14:5) to designate also the inhabitants of the plain of Kirjathaim. Here the Septuagint calls them Îμμᾶιοι, but in both passages the Vulgate supports the Hebrew text.
They are described (Deut. c.) as the former possessors of the land, and are said to be "a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim, which also were accounted Rephaim" (A. V. "giants").
Kirjathaim, with which they are connected in Gen. c., was north of the Arnon, among the towns taken by the tribe of Reuben (Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; and G. A. Smith, "Historical Geography of the Holy Land," pp. 567, note 1; 568, note 1). It is now called "Ḳureyat."
The name "Emim" was probably given in consequence of the terror inspired by these better-nourished inhabitants, who, to the underfed, undersized men of the desert, seemed giants.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Emim'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/emim.html. 1901.
