Kiryat Arba

Kiryat Arba

: "On the way through the Negev, they (Joshua and Caleb) came to Hebron where [they saw] Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmi, descendants of the Giant ("ha-anak")..." [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=4&CHAPTER=13] which is according to the Targum and Saadia Gaon, but some say that "Anak" ("Giant", see Anak) is a proper name (Targum Jonathan and the Septuagint). [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=4&CHAPTER=13#C2984] , and that he, "Anak", may have been the father of the three others mentioned in the Book of Numbers as living in Hebron, which the Book of Joshua says was previously called "Kiryat Arba".

External links

* [http://www.hebron.com/english/ The Jewish Community of Hebron]

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