Ezekiel 20:41:17Ezek.20.41.W17TAB
הַגּוֹיִ֖ם׃
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /haɡoːˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
- sentence
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh e-RTSE et-KHEM be-ho-TSI-i et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM ve-ki-BATS-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER ne-fo-TSO-tem BAM ve-nik-da-SHTI ba-KHEM le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
Exegesis
The final phrase ve-nikdashti ba-khem le-einei ha-goyim {וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בָכֶם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם | wə-niq-daš-tî ba-khem lə-ʿê-nê hag-gō-yim} uses the Nifal perfect passive to portray God’s holiness being uniquely manifested through Israel before the nations.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־י
“nation, people”
In context — Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a pleasing fragrance when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:41:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 20:41, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִ֖ם׃ (hagoyim) 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.20.41.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.41.W17.S1) and character.