2 Kings 17:29:132 Kgs.17.29.W13TAB
גּוֹי֙
goy
“nation”
- Transliteration
- GOY
- Extended
- GOHY
- IPA
- /ˈgoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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Word in context
- word
GOY
- phraseyour reading level
GOY GOY
- clause
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Exegesis
The participle ʿōṣîm {עֹשִׂם | ʿōṣîm} ‘making’ conveys ongoing action, while the distributive duplication gôy gôy {גּוֹי גּוֹי | gôy gôy} ‘each nation’ highlights individual agency.
Root and etymology
g-w-ygimel–vav–yod
“nation; people group”
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word גּוֹי֙ (goy) 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.17.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W13.S1) and character.