Who were the sons of God?
The Hebrew words for “sons of God” is B’neyHaElohim (בני האלוהים). “Sons of God” is the Biblical name for angels. “Sons of God” were a group of angels who participated in a rebellion against the Lord, and who came to Earth and took human women as wives to have illicit relations. The offspring from this ungodly union between angels and human women were Nephilim – giants, ‘men’ of superhuman ability and strength.
希伯來語「上帝的兒子」是B’neyHaElohim(בניהאלוהים)。「上帝的兒子」是聖經天使的名稱。「上帝的兒子」是一群天使,他們一起對抗上帝,來到了地球,並把人類婦女作為妻子與他們建立了非法關係。天使與人類女性之間這種不敬虔的結合的後代是Nephilim -巨人,是具有超人能力和力量的「男人」。
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Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.(ESV)
Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.(ESV)
創6:2神的兒子們看見人的女子美貌,就隨意挑選,娶來為妻。4那時候有偉人在地上,後來神的兒子們和人的女子們交合生子;那就是上古英武有名的人。
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Nephilim;(5303) נְפִיל
נפל נפיל ne phı̂yl ne phil nef-eel, nef-eel
From 5307; properly, a feller伐木工人, that is, a bully土霸 or tyrant暴君
giants, the Nephilim
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(5307)
נפל nâphal naw-fal
A primitive root; to fall,
Verb – HIFIL
Root: נ - פ - ל
The first radical of this word can assimilate with the second radical in inflected forms.
Meaning:to drop, to throw down
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Present tense / Participle
Singular
מַפִּיל Masculine
mapil
I / you m. sg. / he / it drop(s)
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מַפִּילָה Feminine
mapila
I / you f. sg. / she / it drop(s)
Plural
מַפִּילִים Masculine
mapilim
we / you m. pl. / they m. drop
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מַפִּילוֹת Feminine
mapilot
we / you f. pl. / they f. drop
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What does Nephilim mean?
The fact that Nephilim were giants, is in itself proof that their parentage was superhuman. But these giants were also evil. How do we know that? It is precisely at this point that the Hebrew will help us. The word Nephilim comes from the word נפל, fall; the suffix ‘im’ simply adds plurality, hence they were the “fallen ones”. Having been born of corrupted, fallen, Satanic angels, Nephilim dominated the Earth and filled it with violence.
Nephilim是巨人這一事實本身就證明了他們的血統是超人的。但是這些巨人也是邪惡的。我們怎麼知道呢?在這一點上,希伯來語可幫助我們。(Nephilim)一詞來自נפל(墜落)一詞;加字尾” im”是複數,因此牠們是「墜落者」。Nephilim出生於敗壞,墮落的撒但天使,曾統治著地球並充滿了暴力。
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The Nephilim were so significant that they are actually related to the story of the flood. The flood was not only God’s punishment for the sins of humanity, but also God’s way of preserving the “the seed of the woman” – the human race and its bloodline – before it became completely corrupted by the Nephilim giants.
Nephilim如此重要,它們實際上與洪水的故事有關。墮落後的人類分成兩類:敬虔的後代和不敬虔的後代。洪水不僅是上帝對不敬虔人類罪孽的懲罰,而且是上帝保護「女人的種子」…敬虔人類及其血統…在其被Nephilim巨人徹底腐蝕之前的作為。
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