גּ֥וֹי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 גּ֥וֹי

   GOY

   a nation
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד

   GOY e-KHAD

   a nation one
3. clause🔊 וּמִי֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ

   u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets

   and who like your people Israel a nation one in the earth or in the land
4. sentence🔊 וּמִי֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לִפְדּ֧וֹת ל֣וֹ עָ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֚ם גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת וְנֹרָא֔וֹת לְגָרֵ֗שׁ מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֥יתָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם גּוֹיִֽם׃

   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

   and who like your people Israel a nation one in the earth or in the land which or whom he went God to redeem for him or to him a people to set or to place for you a name great things and awesome things or and fearful things to drive out from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt nations

Exegesis

The phrase gôy ’eḥāḏ bā-’ā-reṣ {גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ | gôy ’e-ḥā-ḏ bā-’ā-reṣ} ‘one nation on earth’ uses a numeral adjective in construct to underscore singular status.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ג־ו־יgimel–vav–yod

“nation”