Anak

Anak (/ˈeɪnæk/; Hebrew: עֲנָק‎, homophone to a word for "giant, long neck, necklace"; Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕaˈnaq]) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. His descendants are mentioned in narratives concerning the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. According to the Book of Numbers, Anak was a forefather of the Anakim, a Rephaite tribe according to Deuteronomy 2:11 . In their report, ten of the twelve Israelite spies associated the Anakim with the Nephilim of Genesis 6:1–4.

For other uses, see Anak (disambiguation).
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