Ezekiel 19:8:3Ezek.19.8.W3TAB
גּוֹיִ֛ם
goyim
“nations”
- Transliteration
- go-YIM
- Extended
- goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /goːˈjiːm/
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
va-yit-NE-nu a-LA-v go-YIM
- clause
va-yit-NE-nu a-LA-v go-YIM sa-VIV mim-me-di-NOT
- sentence
va-yit-NE-nu a-LA-v go-YIM sa-VIV mim-me-di-NOT va-yif-re-SU a-LA-v rish-TAM be-shakh-TAM nit-pa-S
Exegesis
The noun goyim {גּוֹיִם | gō-yim} ‘nations’ acts as the plural subject, modified by the adverb saviv {סָבִיב | sā-viv} ‘around’ and the prepositional phrase mimmedinot {מִמְּדִינֹת | mim-mə-dî-nōt} ‘from provinces’, together framing the scope of the attack.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־י
“nation, people”
In context — Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations gathered against him on every side from the provinces ; they cast their net over him, and he was caught in their pit.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 19:8, so the Hebrew word גּוֹיִ֛ם (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 Ezek.19.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.8.W3.S1) and character.