2 Kings 19:12:42 Kgs.19.12.W4TAB
הַגּוֹיִם֙
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /haggɔːˈjiːm/
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-HEI ha-go-YIM
- clause
ha-hi-TSI-lu o-TAM e-lo-HEI ha-go-YIM a-SHER shi-kha-TU a-vo-TAI ET-go-ZAN ve-ET-kha-RAN
- sentence
ha-hi-TSI-lu o-TAM e-lo-HEI ha-go-YIM a-SHER shi-kha-TU a-vo-TAI ET-go-ZAN ve-ET-kha-RAN ve-RE-tsef u-ve-NE-e-DEN a-SHER bit-la-sar
Exegesis
The subject Elohei hagoyim {אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם | ʾĕ-lō-hê ha-gō-yîm} ‘gods of the nations’ is specified by the relative clause asher shikhatu avotai {אֲשֶׁר שִׁחֲתוּ אֲבוֹתַי | ʾă-šer ši-ḥə-tû ʾă-vō-ṯai} ‘which my fathers destroyed,’ emphasizing decisive defeat. The repetition of the direct-object marker et before Gozan and Haran organizes the enumeration of conquered places.
Root and etymology
Rootg-w-y
“nation, people”
In context — 2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them—Gozan, Harran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Tel Assar?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:12, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִם֙ (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.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.12.W4.S1) and character.