Deuteronomy 2:20
It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zomzommims,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Terra gigantum reputata est : et in ipsa olim habitaverunt gigantes, quos Ammonitæ vocant Zomzommim,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γῆ Ῥαφαεὶν λογισθήσεται, καὶ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς κατῴκουν οἱ Ῥαφαεὶν τὸ πρότερον, καὶ οἱ Ἀμμανεῖται ὀνομάζουσιν αὐτοὺς Ζοχομείν,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֶֽרֶץ רְפָאִ֥ים תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב אַף הִ֑וא רְפָאִ֤ים יָֽשְׁבוּ בָהּ֙ לְפָנִ֔ים וְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם זַמְזֻמִּֽים
Haydock's commentary
Zomzommim, means "wicked wretches," famous for their stature, &c. (Menochius)
They are probably the same nation as the Zuzim, Genesis xiv. 5.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.