הנפילים. פירשתיו: THE NEPHILIM. I have already explained this term.48The Nephilim “were so named because anyone who saw them lost heart (she-yippol lev ha-ro’eh otam) at their huge stature).” See I.E. on Gen. 6:4 (Vol. 1, p. 96).
מן הנפילים. טעמו וגם אחרי כן אשר יבואו ושם מפורש: OF THE NEPHILIM. Its meaning49The meaning of the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who came of the Nephilim. is that they were of the Nephilim, who were in the earth in those days, and also after that when…came in (Gen 6:4).50The entire verse reads, The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Thus the Nephilim were descended from the “sons of God.” I have explained it51The meaning of and also after that. there.52And also after that refers to after the flood. See I.E. on Gen. 6:4 (Vol. 1, p. 96).