2 Chronicles 15:6:22 Chr.15.6.W2TAB
גוֹי־בְּג֖וֹי
goybegoy
“nation against nation”
- Transliteration
- goy-be-GOY
- Extended
- gohy-beh-GOHY
- IPA
- /goːj.bəˈgoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- nation against nation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
goy-be-GOY
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khut-te-TU goy-be-GOY
- clause
ve-khut-te-TU goy-be-GOY ve-IR be-IR
- sentence
ve-khut-te-TU goy-be-GOY ve-IR be-IR ki-e-lo-HIM ha-ma-MAM be-khol-tsa-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive Pual imperfect vekhuttu {וְכֻתְּת֥וּ | wə-ḵut-tə-w} conveying intensive passive “they were crushed,” followed by the distributive expressions gôy-bĕ-gôy {גוֹי־בְּג֖וֹי | gôy-bĕ-gôy} “nation by nation” and bĕ-ʿîr {בְּעִ֑יר | bĕ-ʿîr} “city by city.”
Root and etymology
“nation”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:6
And they were broken in pieces. A nation was crushed by a nation and a city by a city, because God troubled them with all distress .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 15:6, so the Hebrew word גוֹי־בְּג֖וֹי (goybegoy) 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 2 Chr.15.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.6.W2.S1) and character.