בְּ/ג֥וֹי

𐤁/𐤂𐤅𐤉

begoy

with-a-nation

rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

H1471

Deuteronomy 32:21 · Word #11

Lexicon H1471

Lemmaגּוֹי
Lemma (Paleo)𐤂𐤅𐤉
Transliterationgôwy
Strong'sH1471
In-contextwith-a-nation

Morphology HR/Ncmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H1471-02

in a nation

Rootגוי (g-w-y)
Core Meaningsmass, body, collective, nationhood, people-group
Semantic Rangenation, people-group, ethnic body, Gentile nation, heathen people, collective troop (figurative)
Conceptual Significanceגּוֹי emphasizes the idea of a unified collective bound together as a political or ethnic entity. In Scripture it distinguishes Israel from the surrounding nations while also affirming that Israel itself is called to be a גּוֹי קדושׁ—a holy nation—set apart within the family of peoples.
Morphological NotesPreposition בְּ (“in”) prefixed to a masculine singular absolute noun (Ncmsa). No article; indefinite singular.
Rendering RationaleThe noun גּוֹי denotes a collective body or people-group, reflecting the root idea of a mass gathered together. The form is masculine singular absolute with the prefixed preposition בְּ (“in”), so the rendering preserves the singular sense and the locative force: “in a nation.”

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root גוי (mass, body, collective, nationhood, people-group)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1471-01 bagoyim in the massed nations
H1471-03 begoyehem in their nations
H1471-04 begoyim among the massed nations
H1471-06 goyayikhe your massed nations
H1471-09 goyey nations of
H1471-10 goyi my nation
H1471-11 goyim massed nations
H1471-15 hagoy the massed nation
H1471-16 hagoyim the massed nations
H1471-18 kegoy like a massed nation
H1471-19 khagoyim like the massed nations
H1471-20 lagoy to the massed nation
H1471-23 legoyehem to their gathered nations
H1471-24 legoyim for the massed nations
H1471-25 migoy from a massed nation
H1471-26 migoyim from the massed nations
H1471-27 uvagoyim and among the massed nations
H1471-28 vagoyim in the nations
H1471-30 vegoyayikhe and your nations
H1471-31 vegoyim and massed-nations
H1471-32 vehagoy and the massed nation
H1471-33 vehagoyim and the massed nations

Word Usage (567 occurrences of H1471)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 10:5 הַ/גּוֹיִם֙ hagoyim of the nations
Genesis 10:5 בְּ/גוֹיֵ/הֶֽם begoyehem in their nations
Genesis 10:20 בְּ/גוֹיֵ/הֶֽם begoyehem in their nations