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neck; used in epithet 'sons of Anak'—long-necked (tall) men, a race of giants
This noun means 'neck' but appears primarily in the phrase 'sons of Anak' (בְּנֵי הָעֲנָק), describing a legendary race of tall, powerful people inhabiting Canaan before Israel's conquest. Numbers 13:33 reports the spies' fearful reaction: 'we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak come from the Nephilim), and we seemed like grasshoppers.' The epithet 'long-necked' suggests height and imposing stature. Joshua 15:14 and Judges 1:20 recount Caleb's defeat of three Anakites at Hebron. The Anakites became symbolic of formidable enemies that God nonetheless enabled Israel to overcome, demonstrating divine power over seemingly invincible foes.
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† 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…