Genesis 17:5:10Gen.17.5.W10TAB
גּוֹיִ֖ם
goyim
“nations”
- Transliteration
- go-YIM
- Extended
- goh-YIHM
- IPA
- /goː.ˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
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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
av-ha-MON go-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha
- sentence
ve-lo-yik-ka-RE OD et-shim-KHA av-RAM ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain av-hamon goyim {אַב־הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם | ʾaḇ-hā-môn gô-yim} ‘father of a multitude of nations’ integrates role and scope, and the perfect netattikha {נְתַתִּֽיךָ | nətattîḵā} ‘I have made you’ serves as an authoritative divine declaration. The wordplay between Avraham and av-hamon supports preserving the renaming structure and the adjacency of the causal clause for rhetorical effect.
Root and etymology
g-w-ygimel–vav–yod
“nation, people”
In context — Genesis 17:5
Your name will no longer be Abram; instead, your name will be Abraham, because I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 17:5, so the Hebrew word גּוֹיִ֖ם (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 Gen.17.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.5.W10.S1) and character.