Shelach 13:22 · unit 2 — Achiman Sheshai Talmai

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בַנֶּ֘גֶב֮ וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד־חֶבְרוֹן֒ וְשָׁ֤ם אֲחִימַן֙ שֵׁשַׁ֣י וְתַלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָ֑ק וְחֶבְר֗וֹן שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ נִבְנְתָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י צֹ֥עַן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

They went up into the Negev and he came to Chevron… and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of the Anak…

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״אֲחִימַן״ — מְיוּמָּן שֶׁבְּאֶחָיו, ״שֵׁשַׁי״ — שֶׁמֵּשִׂים אֶת הָאָרֶץ כִּשְׁחִתוֹת, ״תַּלְמַי״ — שֶׁמֵּשִׂים אֶת הָאָרֶץ תְּלָמִים תְּלָמִים. ״יְלִידֵי הָעֲנָק״ — שֶׁמַּעֲנִיקִין חַמָּה בְּקוֹמָתָן.

English: “Achiman” — the most skilled of the brothers; “Sheshai” — who makes the land like pits; “Talmai” — who makes the land into furrows. “Children of the Anak” — who eclipse the sun with their height.

What Is Learned

Each giant’s name is read as describing power over the land and towering stature.

Shelach 13:22 · unit 2 — Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai

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