Raphah Giant Clan

† I. עֲנָק n.[m.] neck, only in epith. gent. בְּנֵי הָעֲנָק long-necked (tall) men, early giant people about Hebron and in Philistia, Ενακ, Εναχ, Jos 15:14 (JE) = Ju 1:20, without art. Nu 13:33 (JE), Dt 9:2; also יְלִידַי הָע׳ Nu 13:22, 28; Jos 15:14 (all JE); called also עֲנָקִים long-necks, Ενακειμ, Jos 14:12, 15 (JE), 11:21, 22 (D), Dt 2:10, 11, 21 + Je 47:5 (read עֲנָקִים for MT עִמְקָם), and perhaps 1 Ch 12:16 (v. עֵמֶק ad fin.); בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים 1:28 (𝔊 γίγαντες, cf. Nu 13:33), 9:2; עֲנָק later (erron.) as eponym. ancestor of Anaḳim Jos 15:13 = עֲנוֹק 21:11 (both P).—Vid. especially MeyZAW i (1881), 139 GFM Ju 1:10, 20 CheEncy. Bib. ANAK.

† II. רָפָה II. רָפָא as n.pr.m., always c. art. Hā-Rāphā (perhaps der. from n.pr.gent. II. רְפָאִים, q.v.);—הָֽרָפָה 2 S 21:16, 18, c. prep. לְהָ׳ v 20:22 = לְהָרָפָא 1 Ch 20:6, 8;—only as parent, בִּילִידֵי הָר׳ 2 S 21:16, 18 (= מִילִידֵי הָֽרְפָאִים 1 Ch 20:4); יֻלַּד לְהָר׳ v 20, 22 ‖ I Ch 20:6, 8.—1. רָפָה v. sub רָפָא.

† נְפִלִים n.m.pl. giants, according to 𝔊 γίγαντες, so 𝔖𝔙; הַנְּפִלִים Gn 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן־הַנְּפִלִים Nu 13:33 (JE); 𝔊 om. בְּנֵי וגו׳, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in Sam., also 𝔙 (etym. dub.; cf. Aramaic נִיפְלָא, נְפִיּלָא Orion; conject. v. in Thes Di ad loc.; Tuch Kn Len Or. i, 344, Eng. Tr. 345 f.; Che Hbr. iii (1887), 175, 176; all very precarious).

† I. רָפָא n.pr.m. in Benj., 1 Ch 8:2, Ραφη[α].—II. רָפָא v. רפה.—Vid. also בֵּית ר׳ p. 112.

† בֵּית רָפָא n.pr.loc.? in Judah; as n.pr.m. 1 Ch 4:12.