Zuzim

Zuzim

The Zuzim (meaning "restless" or "sprouting") were a primitive tribe who lived in Ham, a land east of the Jordan River between Bashan and Moab, according to the Hebrew Bible. The Zuzim were conquered by the Elamite King Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:5). Some scholars identify the Zuzim with the Zamzummim (Deuteronomy 2:20), a tribe of the Rephaim living in the region later occupied by the Ammonites, but this is disputed.

Zuzim is also a made up word by James Nadolny for Hangman


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