Psalm 18:49:3Ps.18.49.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:50
בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם
baggoyim
“among the nations”
- Transliteration
- bag-GO-yim
- Extended
- bahg-GOH-yeem
- IPA
- /bagˈgoːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- among the nations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bag-GO-yim
- clause
al-KEN o-de-KHA bag-GO-yim ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
al-KEN o-de-KHA bag-GO-yim ye-ho-VAH u-le-SHIM-kha a-za-ME-ra
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases bagoyim {בַגּוֹיִם | ba-gō-yim} ‘among the nations’ and uleshimkha {וּלְשִׁמְךָ | ʾû-lə-šim-ḵā} ‘to Your name’ define the universal scope and focus of worship.
Root and etymology
g-w-y
“nation, people”
In context — Psalm 18:49
Therefore I will thank You, O LORD , among the nations, and to Your name I will sing praises .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:49:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:49, so the Hebrew word בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם (baggoyim) 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 Ps.18.49.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.49.W3.S1) and character.