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

Result
הַ + גּוֹ + יִ֔ם
ha + go + yim
hagoyim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-go-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-khu-KOT ha-go-YIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.