Ezekiel 20:23:8Ezek.20.23.W8TAB
בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם
bagoyim
“among the nations”
- Transliteration
- ba-go-YIM
- Extended
- bah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /baɡ.goːˈjiːm/
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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Word in context
- word
ba-go-YIM
- clause
le-ha-FITS o-TAM ba-go-YIM u-le-za-ROT o-TAM ba-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
gam-a-NI na-sa-TI et-ya-DI la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-ha-FITS o-TAM ba-go-YIM u-le-za-ROT o-TAM ba-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The spatial phrases ba-goyim {בַּגּוֹיִם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ and ba-aratzot {בָּאֲרָצוֹת | ba-ʾă-rā-ṣōṯ} ‘in the lands’ expand the scope from ethnic groups to broad territories, a structure preserved in the English translation to maintain biblical parallelism and emphasis.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־י
“nation, people”
In context — Ezekiel 20:23
Also I swore to them in the wilderness , to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:23, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (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.20.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.23.W8.S1) and character.