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

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Result
גּוֹ + יִֽם׃
go + yim
goyim

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    go-YIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-MON go-YIM

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM

  4. sentence

    a-NI hi-NE ve-ri-TI it-TAKH ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM

In contextGenesis 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.