Leviticus 18:28:8Lev.18.28.W8TAB
אֶת־הַגּ֖וֹי
ethagoy
“the nation”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-GOY
- Extended
- eht-hah-GOHY
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haɡˈgoj/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-GOY
- clause
ka-a-SHER ka-A et-ha-GOY a-SHER lif-NE-khem
- sentence
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH ka-a-SHER ka-A et-ha-GOY a-SHER lif-NE-khem
Exegesis
The comparative kaasher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} introduces a parallel with the perfect verb kaa {קָאָה | qā-ʾā}, recalling the land’s prior expulsion of ethagoy {אֶת־הַגּוֹי | ʾet-ha-gôy}.
Root and etymology
Rootg-w-y
“nation, people”
In context — Leviticus 18:28
Lest the land vomit you out in your defiling , just as it vomited out the nation before you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַגּ֖וֹי (ethagoy) 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 Lev.18.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.28.W8.S1) and character.