2 Kings 17:11:32 Kgs.17.11.W3TAB
כַּגּוֹיִ֕ם
kagoyim
“like the nations”
- Transliteration
- ka-go-YIM
- Extended
- kah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /kaɣoːˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-go-YIM
- clause
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The simile introduced by kagoyim {כַּגּוֹיִם | ka-gôyim} ‘like the nations’ frames this worship as imitation of foreign practices.
Root and etymology
g-w-ygimel–vav–yod
“nation; people group”
In context — 2 Kings 17:11
And they burned incense there in all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had exiled from before them, and they did evil things to provoke the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word כַּגּוֹיִ֕ם (kagoyim) 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 Kgs.17.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W3.S1) and character.