2 Kings 17:8:32 Kgs.17.8.W3TAB
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /haɣoˈjiːm/
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
be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM
- clause
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-le-KHU be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER A-SU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bechuqqot hagoyim {בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | bə·ḥuq·qōt ha·gō·yim} ‘in the statutes of the nations’ uses bet to depict immersion within a governing pattern of life, with the construct chain placing authority in “statutes” rather than mere habits.
Root and etymology
g-w-ygimel–vav–yod
“nation; people group”
In context — 2 Kings 17:8
And they walked in the statutes of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel that they had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:8, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (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.17.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.8.W3.S1) and character.