. . "The Nephilim /\u02C8n\u025Bf\u0268\u02CCl\u026Am/ (Hebrew: \u05E0\u05B0\u05E4\u05B4\u05D9\u05DC\u05B4\u05D9\u05DD\u200E, sing. \u05E0\u05B8\u05E4\u05B4\u05D9\u05DC, Naph\u00EDl or Naphil) were offspring of the \"sons of God\" and the \"daughters of men\" before the Deluge according to Genesis 6:4; the name is also used in reference to giants who inhabited Canaan at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan according to Numbers 13:33. A similar biblical Hebrew word with different vowel-sounds is used in Ezekiel 32:27 to refer to dead Philistine warriors."@en . .