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גֹּוי

H1471

Transliteration: gôwy

Pronunciation: go'-ee

Definition: Gentile

Original: גּי גּוי

Transliteration: gôy gôy

Phonetic: go'-ee

BDB Definition:

nation, people (noun masculine)
1. nation, people
  1. usually of non-Hebrew people
  2. of descendants of Abraham
  3. of Israel
2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (figuratively)
3. Goyim? = "nations" (noun proper masculine)

Origin: apparently from the same root as H1465" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1465

TWOT entry: 326e

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