1 Chronicles 17:21:231 Chr.17.21.W23TAB

גּוֹיִֽם׃

goyim

nations

Transliteration
go-YIM
Extended
goh-YEEM
IPA
/goːˈjim/

Meaning by language

English
nations

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Result
גּוֹ + יִֽם׃
go + yim
goyim

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    go-YIM

  2. clause

    a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

  3. sentence

    u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

Exegesis

The final relative clause ’ă-šer-pā-ḏî-ṯā mimmîṣ-rā-yim gô-yîm {אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃ | ’ă-šer-pā-ḏî-ṯā mimmîṣ-rā-yim gô-yîm} ‘whom You redeemed from Egypt, nations’ frames Israel’s singular redemption and God’s renown.

Root and etymology

Rootgimel–vav–yod

nation

In context1 Chronicles 17:21

And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word גּוֹיִֽם׃ (goyim) 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.17.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W23.S1) and character.