BDB6237

I. עֲנָק noun [masculine] neck, only in epithet of people בְּנֵי הָעֲנָק long-necked (tall) men, early giant people about Hebron and in Philistia, Ενακ, Εναχ, Josh 15:14 ( J E ) = Judg 1:20 , without article Num 13:33 ( J E ), Deut 9:2 also ׳ יְלִדַי הָע Num 13:22; Num 13:28; Josh 15:14 (all J E ); called also עֲנָקִים long-necks, Ενακειμ, Josh 14:12; Josh 14:15 ( J E ), Josh 11:21; Josh 11:22 ( D ), Deut 2:10 ; Deut 2:11; Deut 2:21 + Jer 47:5 (read עֲנָקִים for ᵑ0 עִמְקָם), and perhaps 1Chr 12:16 (see עֵמֶק near the end); בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים 1Chr 1:28 ( ᵐ5 γίγαντες, compare Num 13:33), Num 9:2 עֲנָק later (erroneously) as eponymous ancestor of Anakim Josh 15:13 = עֲנוֺק Josh 21:11 (both P ). — See especially Mey^{ZAW i (1881), 139} GFM ^{Judg 1:10. 20} Che^{Ency. Bib. ANAK}.