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Zuzim

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ZUZIM (Heb. Zāzīm; Gr. Ἕδνη Ὄργυρα). - An autochthonous tribe of the district of Hám in 'Aglûn, east of the Jordan, defeated by King Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5) and belonging to the gigantic race of the Rephaim, who in the pre-Semitic era populated Transjordan (ibid. 14:5; Deut. 2:11, 20; Josh. 12:4; 13:12) and certain areas of Palestine (Gen. 15:20).

The Z. were perhaps called Zomzommin (Deut. 2:20) by the Ammonites. Their history is obscure and the meaning of their names uncertain. Very probably inherent in the name is the sense of terror and admiration that the Hebrews felt before the monuments of megalithic culture (dolmens, menhirs) with which Transjordan is strewn, from which they inferred a gigantic strength in their builders.

Donato Baldi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1834.

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Baldi, Donato. “Zuzim (Ebr. ΖΆΖΙΜ; Gr. ἝΔΝΗ ὌΡΓΥΡΑ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1834. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zuzim-ebr-zazim-gr-edne-orgura.

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Baldi, Donato. “Zuzim (Ebr. ΖΆΖΙΜ; Gr. ἝΔΝΗ ὌΡΓΥΡΑ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1834. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zuzim-ebr-zazim-gr-edne-orgura.

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@incollection{ec12_zuzim_ebr_zazim_gr_edne_orgura,
  author    = {Baldi, Donato},
  title     = {Zuzim (Ebr. ΖΆΖΙΜ; Gr. ἝΔΝΗ ὌΡΓΥΡΑ)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1834},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zuzim-ebr-zazim-gr-edne-orgura}
}

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