גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew
id. Gentiles, Phoenician
גו community,
axvfg, Sabean
גו id., DHM
ZMG 1883, 348) —
ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix
1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9,
גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5,
גּוֺיֵךְ Kt
Ezekiel 36:13,
14,
15 (Qr wrongly
גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out
Ezekiel 36:15); plural
גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr
Genesis 25:23;
Psalm 79:10 (Kt
גיים) +
6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct
גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 +
8 times,
גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13;
Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix
גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5,
20,
31,
32; —
b. definitely of Israel
Exodus 19:6 (
קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳)
Exodus 33:13 (both J E),
Deuteronomy 4:6 (
הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare
Deuteronomy 4:7;
Deuteronomy 4:8) see also
Deuteronomy 4:34,
Deuteronomy 26:5 compare
Psalm 33:12;
Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies)
Jeremiah 31:36;
Jeremiah 33:24;
Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative
Joshua 3:17;
Joshua 4:1;
Joshua 5:8 (JE),
Joshua 5:6 (D),
Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as
two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen)
Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah
Isaiah 26:2,
15 (twice in verse); compare
Isaiah 58:2;
Isaiah 60:22;
Micah 4:7; once
my people Zephaniah 2:9 (||
עַם);
thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of
י׳), compare also
Ezekiel 36:13,
14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious
Deuteronomy 32:28;
Judges 2:20;
Isaiah 1:4;
Isaiah 10:6;
Jeremiah 5:9,
29;
Jeremiah 7:28;
Jeremiah 9:8;
Jeremiah 12:17;
Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out

Co)
Haggai 2:14;
Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see
Genesis 17:4,
5,
6,
16;
Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples
Exodus 9:24;
Exodus 34:10 (JE)
Leviticus 25:44 (H)
Numbers 14:15 (J)
Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 5:11;
1 Chronicles 14:17;
1 Chronicles 16:20;
Isaiah 11:10,
12 + often; opposed to Israel as
עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23;
1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see
H5971 עם, compare also
Numbers 23:9; note especially
גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [
Isaiah 9:1]
circle or
district of the nations (see
H1551 גָּלִיל); also
חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2,
13,
16 Charosheth of the nations, &
מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging
to Gilgal (

Di
to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous
Leviticus 8:24,
28 (P)
Leviticus 20:23 (H)
1 Kings 14:24;
2 Kings 17:8,
11,
15,
26,
29 (twice in verse);
2 Chronicles 28:3;
32:13 +,
Ezra 6:21;
Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile
Genesis 15:14 (J)
Leviticus 26:33,
38,
45 (H)
Deuteronomy 4:27;
Deuteronomy 9:4,
5;
Deuteronomy 18:9;
1 Chronicles 16:35;
Jeremiah 5:15;
Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile
Ezekiel 20:32;
Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes ||
עַם Psalm 33:10;
Psalm 33:12;
Isaiah 11:10;
Jeremiah 6:18, see also
Isaiah 2:2,
4 compare with
Micah 4:1,
3.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1,
9 probably mutilated proper name see below.
גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1,
9, in phrase
תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes
Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on
Genesis 14:1; also KGF
258and elsewhere; compare also Dl
Pa 233 f.
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