2 Samuel 22:44:62 Sam.22.44.W6TAB
גּוֹיִ֔ם
goyim
“nations”
- Transliteration
- go-YIM
- Extended
- goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /ɡoːˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-ROSH go-YIM
- clause
ti-she-me-RE-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM lo-YA-da-TE ya-a-ve-DU-ni
- sentence
va-te-fal-TE-ni me-ri-VE a-MI ti-she-me-RE-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM lo-YA-da-TE ya-a-ve-DU-ni
Exegesis
The status phrase lerosh goyim {לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם | lə-rōš gôyîm} ‘to head of nations’ conveys exaltation to sovereign authority.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:44
You delivered me from the quarrelers of my people; You kept me as head over nations. A people I did not know now serves me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:44, so the Hebrew word גּוֹיִ֔ם (goyim) 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 Sam.22.44.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.44.W6.S1) and character.