Ezekiel 20:9:7Ezek.20.9.W7TAB
הַגּוֹיִ֑ם
hagoyim
“the nations”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- hah-goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /hag.goːˈjiːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
- clause
va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
- sentence
va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER-HE-ma be-to-KHAM a-SHER no-da-TI a-le-HEM le-e-ne-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-ER-ets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The participial relative haggoyim aserhemmah bam {הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר-הֵמָּה בָּם | haggōyim ă-šer-hēmmah bām} situates the context among foreign nations.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־י
“nation, people”
In context — Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name , so as not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations among whom they were and in whose sight I made Myself known by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:9, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (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.20.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.9.W7.S1) and character.