Zuzim (biblical people)

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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 place in the Hebrew Bible where 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),[4] 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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