2 Kings 18:33:42 Kgs.18.33.W4TAB
הַגּוֹיִ֖ם
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /haɡoˈjiːm/
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
e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM
- clause
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso
- sentence
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The construct chain elohei hagoyim {אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם | ʾĕ-lō-hê ha-gô-yim} collectivizes all foreign deities.
In context — 2 Kings 18:33
Did the gods of the nations deliver each one his land from the hand of the king of Assyria ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:33, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִ֖ם (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.18.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.33.W4.S1) and character.