Joshua 23:9:4Josh.23.9.W4TAB
גּוֹיִ֖ם
goyim
“nations”
- Transliteration
- go-YIM
- Extended
- goh-YEEM
- IPA
- /goˈjim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
go-YIM
- clause
va-yo-RESH Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne-YEKHEM go-YIM ge-do-LEEM va-a-tsu-MEEM
- sentence
va-yo-RESH Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne-YEKHEM go-YIM ge-do-LEEM va-a-tsu-MEEM ve-a-TEM LO a-MAD EESH bif-ne-YEKHEM AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The paired descriptors goyyim {גוֹיִם | gôyyim} and va‘ăṣūmīm {וַעֲצוּמִ֑ים | va‘ăṣūmīm} use cumulative parallelism to heighten the magnitude of those dispossessed.
Root and etymology
Rootg-w-y
“nation”
In context — Joshua 23:9
And the LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations ; but no man has stood before you until this day.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 23:9, 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 Josh.23.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.9.W4.S1) and character.