Genesis 17:4:8Gen.17.4.W8PAT
גּוֹיִֽם׃
goyim
“nations”
- Transliteration
- go-YIM
- Extended
- goh-YIHM
- IPA
- /goː.ˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
- French
- nations
- Spanish
- naciones
- Portuguese
- nações
- German
- Nationen
- Russian
- народов
- Arabic-Simplified
- الأمم
- Hindi
- जातियों की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 列国的
- Korean
- 민족들의
- Indonesian
- bangsa-bangsa
- Bengali
- জাতিসমূহের
- Tagalog
- mga bansa
- Swahili
- mataifa
- Amharic
- የአሕዛብ
- Yoruba
- àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè
- Igbo
- mba
- Twi
- amanaman
- Ewe
- dukɔwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
גּוֹ + יִֽם׃
↓
go + yim
↓
goyim
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
go-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MON go-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM
- sentence
a-NI hi-NE ve-ri-TI it-TAKH ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM
In context — Genesis 17:4
I behold my covenant with you you will become father of a great multitude of nations
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:4, so the Hebrew word גּוֹיִֽם׃ (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 Gen.17.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.4.W8.S1) and character.