tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34902511.post7882771837768902084..comments2023-03-25T08:36:08.104-04:00Comments on Daily Breadcrumbs: Joshua 16-18: But can you walk the walk?Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605546292851678763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34902511.post-57094006583897626172008-02-17T11:49:00.000-05:002008-02-17T11:49:00.000-05:00Clearly I am blind as it does indeed say "giants."...Clearly I am blind as it does indeed say "giants." But it's an odd translation - the Hebrew is<BR/><BR/>בארץ הפרזי והרפאים<BR/><BR/>which I'd translate as "in the land (of) the Perizzites and (of) the Rephaim." Rephaim is usually translated as "ghosts" or "spirits" (as in, I used to live on rechov Emek Rephaim - Valley of the Spirits street - boo!). So whether this was the name of a tribe of The Wandering Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406632337852970629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34902511.post-64990655991677143832008-02-17T11:17:00.000-05:002008-02-17T11:17:00.000-05:00Odd. The very link you used in this comment, for ...Odd. The very link you used in this comment, for me, says "giants" specifically: 15. And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and <B>of the giants</B>, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee." (My emphasis.)<BR/><BR/>I used to have some concordances, but I don't know where I put Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605546292851678763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34902511.post-250174458740221582008-02-17T11:14:00.000-05:002008-02-17T11:14:00.000-05:00I'm glad to see you've started this up again.Quest...I'm glad to see you've started this up again.<BR/><BR/>Question: do you have an url to the KJV with "giants"? The <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=joshua%2017&version=9" REL="nofollow">one</A> I found said nothing about the northerners' stature. I'm curious, because there's nothing in the <A HREF="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/t/t0617.htm" REL="nofollow">Hebrew</A> that The Wandering Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406632337852970629noreply@blogger.com