גוי

Possibly related to גְּו ("body"), i.e. an ethnic body

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡoj/

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.

   • 6th century BCE, Book of Isaiah:

     ‏לא ישא גוי אל גוי חרב ולא ילמדו עוד מלחמה‎

     Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore.

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

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

• גוי‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

From Hebrew גוי‎.

גוי • (goy) m, plural גױיִם‎ (goyem)

1. Gentile/gentile, non-Jew

• גױיִש‎ (goyish)
• שבת גױ‎ (shabes goy)