Rephaite

In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite, or Repha'im (Biblical Hebrew: רְפָאִים, romanized: rəp̄āʾīm; Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎔𐎜𐎎, romanized: rapiʾūma; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤌, romanized: rpʾm), refers to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11.

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