Isaiah 18:2:9Isa.18.2.W9TAB
אֶל־גּוֹי֙
elgoy
“to a nation”
- Transliteration
- el-GOY
- Extended
- ehl-GOHY
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈɡoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a nation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
el-GOY
- clause
ha-sho-LE-akh ba-YAM tsi-RIM u-vikh-LE-GO-me al-pe-NE-ma-YIM le-KHU mal-a-KHIM ka-LIM el-GOY me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A
- sentence
ha-sho-LE-akh ba-YAM tsi-RIM u-vikh-LE-GO-me al-pe-NE-ma-YIM le-KHU mal-a-KHIM ka-LIM el-GOY me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER-ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase goy kav-kav u-mevusah {גּוֹי קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה | gōy qa-v-qa-v ū-mə-vū-sāh} ‘a nation line by line and trampled’ uses reduplication for emphasis and a Pual participle to express subjugation.
In context — Isaiah 18:2
Which sends envoys by sea and in vessels of papyrus upon the surface of the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation drawn out and peeled, to a people awesome from its beginning onwards, a nation measured line by line and trampled, whose land the rivers divide.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גּוֹי֙ (elgoy) 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 Isa.18.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.2.W9.S1) and character.