Jeremiah 18:9:3Jer.18.9.W3TAB
עַל־גּ֖וֹי
algoy
“concerning a nation”
- Transliteration
- al-GOY
- Extended
- ahl-GOHY
- IPA
- /ʕalˈɡoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning a nation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-GOY
- clause
ve-RE-ga a-da-BER al-GOY ve-al-mam-la-KHA
- sentence
ve-RE-ga a-da-BER al-GOY ve-al-mam-la-KHA liv-NOT ve-lin-TO-a
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases ʿal goy {עַל־גּ֖וֹי | ʿal gôy} ‘concerning a nation’ and veʿal mamlakhah {וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה | wə-ʿal mam-la-khah} ‘and concerning a kingdom’ form a parallel structure marking the objects of the declaration.
Root and etymology
g-w-yg–w–y
“nation, people”
In context — Jeremiah 18:9
And at an instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־גּ֖וֹי (algoy) 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 Jer.18.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.9.W3.S1) and character.