2 Kings 17:41:22 Kgs.17.41.W2TAB
הַגּוֹיִ֣ם
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /hag.goˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM
- sentence
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM gam-be-NE-hem u-ve-NE ve-NE ve-ne-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAM HEM o-SIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The subject is specified by the noun phrase haggôyim hāʾēlleh {הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֗לֶּה | haggôyim hāʾēlleh} ‘these nations.’
Root and etymology
g-w-ygimel–vav–yod
“nation; people group”
In context — 2 Kings 17:41
And these nations feared the LORD , and they were serving their idols ; also their children and their grandchildren, just as their fathers did, they are doing to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:41:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:41, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִ֣ם (hagoyim) 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.17.41.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.41.W2.S1) and character.