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Deuteronomy 2:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zomzommims,

Douay-Rheims

אֶֽרֶץ־רְפָאִ֥ים תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב אַף־הִ֑וא רְפָאִ֤ים יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָהּ֙ לְפָנִ֔ים וְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם זַמְזֻמִּֽים׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

The Lord has also revealed to us about the inheritance designated for the sons of Ammon; for He seized their territory from the giants and bestowed it upon them as their inheritance.

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