YHWH declares that His spirit will not endure forever among the Nephilim—demigods born from the union of divine beings and human women—בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר beshagam hu basar (Genesis 6:3). What does this phrase mean?This explanation is possible. But it requires emendation of the text on the basis of a hypothetical cognate, with limited payoff.
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