Ezekiel 20:32:10Ezek.20.32.W10TAB
כַגּוֹיִם֙
khagoyim
“like the nations”
- Transliteration
- kha-go-YIM
- Extended
- khah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /nih.həˈjɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
kha-go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM
- clause
a-SHER a-TEM o-me-RIM nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM khe-mish-pe-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT le-sha-RET ETS va-A-ven
- sentence
ve-ha-o-LA al-RU-kha-khem ha-YO LO tih-he-YE a-SHER a-TEM o-me-RIM nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM khe-mish-pe-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT le-sha-RET ETS va-A-ven
Exegesis
Parallel expressions nihyeh kagoyim {נִהְיֶה כַּגּוֹיִם | nî-ḥyêh ka-gô-yim} and nihyeh kemishpechot haaratzot {נִהְיֶה כְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאֲרָצוֹת | nî-ḥyêh kə-miš-pə-ḥôṯ hā-ʾa-rā-ṣōṯ} underscore both national and familial assimilation desires.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־י
“nation, people”
In context — Ezekiel 20:32
And the thought that has arisen in your minds will not come to pass—that which you are saying: “We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, to serve wood and stone.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 20:32, so the Hebrew word כַגּוֹיִם֙ (khagoyim) 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.20.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.32.W10.S1) and character.