Hebrew

Noun

גּוֹי • ‎(goi) m ‎(plural indefinite גּוֹיִים \ גּוֹיִם, singular construct גּוֹי־, feminine counterpart גּוֹיָה)

1. (Biblical Hebrew) A nation.
   • Genesis 12:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֶעֶשְׂךָ לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וַאֲבָרֶכְךָ וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶךָ וֶהְיֵה בְּרָכָה׃‎

     v'e'es'khá l'gói gadól va'avarekh'khá va'agad'lá sh'mékha vehyé b'rakhá.
     wəʾeʿeśəḵā ləḡōy gāḏōl waʾăḇāreḵəḵā waʾăḡaddəlā šəméḵā wehyē bərāḵā.

     And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

2. (Mishnaic and Modern Hebrew) A (male) gentile, goy, non-Jew.

Descendants

• Yiddish: גוי ‎(goy)
  • English: goy
  • Russian: гой ‎(goj)

See also

• גוי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew גוי.

Noun

גוי • ‎(goy) m, plural גויים ‎(goyem)

1. gentile, non-Jew

Derived terms

• גוייִש ‎(goyish)
• שבת גוי ‎(shabes goy)