1 Chronicles 16:20:21 Chr.16.20.W2TAB
מִגּ֣וֹי
migoy
“from a nation”
- Transliteration
- mi-GOY
- Extended
- mih-GOHY
- IPA
- /miˈgoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a nation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mi-GOY
- phraseyour reading level
mi-GOY el-GOY
- sentence
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-GOY el-GOY u-mi-mam-le-KHA el-AM a-KHER
Exegesis
The paired prepositions min {מִן | min} “from” and ʾel {אֶל | ʾel} “to” create a parallel pattern in mi-gôy ʾel-gôy {מִגּוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי | mi-gôy ʾel-gôy} and u-min-mamlā-kâ ʾel-ʿam ʾaḥêr {וּמִמַמְּלָכָה אֶל־עַם אַחֵר | u-min-mam-mā-lâ-kâ ʾel-ʿam ʾaḥêr}, emphasizing continuous travel across geopolitical boundaries. The vav conjunction in u-min-mamlā-kâ introduces the second parallel segment from kingdom to another people, underscoring the shift to a new group. This mirrored Hebrew word order and rhetorical parallelism are retained in English to preserve the sense of restless movement and changing locales.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–waw–yod
“nation”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:20
And they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 16:20, so the Hebrew word מִגּ֣וֹי (migoy) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.16.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.20.W2.S1) and character.