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PRONUNCIATION OF GOYIM

goyim  [ˈɡɔɪɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOYIM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Goyim is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOYIM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

goyim

Goy

Goy is the standard Hebrew biblical term for a "nation", including the "great nation" of Israel. Long before Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "gentile". The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish. The word is also used to pejoratively describe those not of Jewish descent. It is regularly used by Jews to refer to any and all peoples of faiths other than Judaism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOYIM


Ephraim
ˈiːfreɪɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOYIM

gowan
gowaned
gowany
gowdspink
Gower
gowf
gowfer
gowk
gowl
gown
gownboy
gownman
gowpen
gowpenful
gox
goy
Goya
Goyen
goyisch
goyish

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOYIM

aim
Anaheim
claim
denim
dim
fashion victim
him
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Jim
maxim
mim
Muslim
nim
proclaim
rim
sim
slim
swim
trim
victim

Synonyms and antonyms of goyim in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «goyim» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOYIM

Find out the translation of goyim to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of goyim from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goyim» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

goyim
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

goyim
570 millions of speakers

English

goyim
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

goyim
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأغيار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гои
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

goyim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

goyim
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

goyim
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Goyim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gojim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴイム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Goyim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

goyim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

goyim
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोयिम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yahudi olmayanlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goyim
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gojów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

goyim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

goyim
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goyim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gojim
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

goyim
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goyim

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOYIM»

The term «goyim» is regularly used and occupies the 61.093 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOYIM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «goyim» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «goyim» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goyim

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOYIM»

Discover the use of goyim in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goyim and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stomping the Goyim
William Burroughs wrote of this book upon its publication: "This is a brilliant novel which also has the virtue of being highly readalbe from beginning to end." Critic and author Seymour Krim called it "...an important book.
Michael Disend, 2002
2
Hebrew for the Goyim
"Pat Hutchens is an audacious talent, enormously creative and a life-long learner. This book is one of her finest accomplishments.
Pat Mercer Hutchens, 2007
3
Shifting Is for the Goyim
Home for Passover with the family?
Elizabeth Zelvin, 2012
4
Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia
We shall soon begin to establish huge monopolies, reservoirs of colossal riches, upon which even, large fortunes of the goyim will depend to such an extent that they will go to the bottom together with the credit of the States on the day after the  ...
Peter Knight, 2003
5
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
— in loading lands with debt. These measures will check land-holding and keep it in a state of humble and unconditional submission. The aristocrats of the goyim, being hereditarily incapable of contenting themselves with little, will rapidly ...
‎1999
6
The Stranger Within Your Gates: Converts and Conversion in ...
This point has been fully developed in Potton, Goyim, esp. 221-29, 285-307. 16. On the ptoblem of defining teligion, see Jonathan Z, Smith, Imagining Religion ( Chicago and London, 1982); Jonathan Z. Smith, Map Is Not Teecitoty (Leiden, ...
Gary G. Porton, 1994
7
The Orthodox Jewish Bible
|8| For I declare that Moshiach has become Mesharet Bnei HaMilah (Servant, Minister of the Circumcised) for the sake of the Emes Hashem (the truth of G-d), to confirm the havtachot given to the Avot, |9| And in order that the Goyim might give  ...
Phillip E. Goble, 2002
8
Judaism for the Goyim, We Don't Take a Knee: A Course from ...
The author also offers his analysis of the comparisons between Judaism and Christianity, probably such as have never before been discussed. If you do not understand Judaism after reading this book, give it up, you never will!
Jeff Kalnitzky, 2013
9
People as Subject, People as Object: Selfhood and Peoplehood ...
refer to non-Jews as goyim. Yet I realized that here I was writing about the link between the construction of otherness and the constitution of the collective self in the case of Israeli Jewry and I had not yet even so much as mentioned the concept ...
Virginia R. Domínguez, 1989
10
Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judaism imposes a heavy responsibility on the Jewish people to act as ohr la- goyim, “a light unto the nations.” They are to be an eternal witness of ethical MONOTHEISM before all the peoples of the world. This role was part of the COVENANT ...
Sara E. Karesh, Mitchell M. Hurvitz, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOYIM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goyim is used in the context of the following news items.
1
HomeCan a Non-Zionist Synagogue Succeed — and Spread?
The old congregational model — the holy trinity of Israel, bloodline, and day schools; a lack of criticism and worries about “what will the goyim ... «Forward, Jul 15»
2
FBI Raids Michigan Jewish College For Defrauding Federal Gov. Of …
“To communicate anything with a Goy about our relations would be equal to the killing of all Jews, for if the Goyim knew what we teach about ... «Mintpress News, Jul 15»
3
International Court Judge: Dick Cheney Will Face Trial for War Crimes
This old jew is only doing the sabrosky job of a pressure valve, otherwise the goyim would explode with rage upon learning the truth behind the ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
4
Hurting ourselves in the name of 'humanity'
The Torah had fueled the hatred of Christian and Muslim anti-Semites with the view that Jews could “bite” the goyim but not other Jews. «San Diego Jewish World, Jul 15»
5
Photo Essay: Levayah of The Bluzhever Rebbe ZATZAL In …
... is THE EXACT SITUATION OF SADNESS GOING on in israel TODAY. the goyim are in your land… they are making your land unholy… «Yeshiva World News, Jul 15»
6
Column: The man who ran the other NSA
(Some less-offensive examples: arse, boobie, goyim, poo. All 175 are listed in the book's appendix.) • John's numerous appearances on ... «Shelter Island Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon - Robert Scheer on Reality …
She didn't think the goyim were inferior in any way, even when they were anti-Semitic, which she'd grown up with in Russia, you know, the tsar, ... «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
8
Relax, natural gas is just money
The goyim would be the ones buying it anyway. Israel would have been left with a single strategic decision – how much of the profit the state ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
9
Gustavson Column: The man who ran the other NSA
(Some less-offensive examples: arse, boobie, goyim, poo. All 175 are listed in the book's appendix.) • John's numerous appearances on ... «Riverhead News Review, Jul 15»
10
In Case You Still Care about JVP
Yet, for some reason it is forbidden for the Goyim to look into these topics. Both ADL and the JVP Rabbinical council are determined to stop it. «MWC News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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