Ezekiel 16:14:4Ezek.16.14.W4TAB
בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם
bagoyim
“among the nations”
- Transliteration
- ba-go-YIM
- Extended
- bah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /bag.goˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-go-YIM
- clause
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bagoyim {בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ sets the geographic sphere.
In context — Ezekiel 16:14
And your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I placed upon you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:14, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם (bagoyim) 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 Ezek.16.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.14.W4.S1) and character.