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According to the Hebrew Bible, the Zuzim or Zuzites ( Hebrew: זוּזִים‎, Zūzīm) were a tribe who lived in Ham, a land east of the Jordan River between Bashan and Moab. [1] The etymology of the name is unknown, but may derive from the Hebrew zīz (זִיז‎) which roughly translates to "moving things"/"things which move" (perhaps " nomad", in this context). [2]

According to the text, the Zuzim were conquered by an invading coalition of kings led by the Elamite King Chedorlaomer ( Genesis 14:5). This is the only time in the Hebrew Bible that they are mentioned; however, because they are listed alongside the Emim, which is later described in the Book of Deuteronomy as the Moabite term for rephaim, [3] some scholars identify the Zuzim with the Zamzummim ( Deuteronomy 2:20), a tribe of the Rephaim living in the same region later occupied by the Ammonites, who were also described as coterminous with the Emim. [2]

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Zuzim or Zuzites ( Hebrew: זוּזִים‎, Zūzīm) were a tribe who lived in Ham, a land east of the Jordan River between Bashan and Moab. [1] The etymology of the name is unknown, but may derive from the Hebrew zīz (זִיז‎) which roughly translates to "moving things"/"things which move" (perhaps " nomad", in this context). [2]

According to the text, the Zuzim were conquered by an invading coalition of kings led by the Elamite King Chedorlaomer ( Genesis 14:5). This is the only time in the Hebrew Bible that they are mentioned; however, because they are listed alongside the Emim, which is later described in the Book of Deuteronomy as the Moabite term for rephaim, [3] some scholars identify the Zuzim with the Zamzummim ( Deuteronomy 2:20), a tribe of the Rephaim living in the same region later occupied by the Ammonites, who were also described as coterminous with the Emim. [2]

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