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'''"Goy"''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''גוי''') literally means "nation", with the plural being "Goyim" (גוים). It is used by God countless times throughout the Tanakh, sometimes even when referring to Israel.
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'''"Goy"''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''גוי''') literally means "nation", with the plural being "Goyim". It is used by God countless times throughout the [[Tanakh]], sometimes even when referring to Israel.
  
 
In more recent times, the word has been used as slang by [[Jewish]] people to refer to non-Jews.
 
In more recent times, the word has been used as slang by [[Jewish]] people to refer to non-Jews.
  
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[[Category:Judaism]]
 
[[Category:Judaism]]

Latest revision as of 01:39, March 29, 2008

"Goy" (Hebrew: גוי) literally means "nation", with the plural being "Goyim". It is used by God countless times throughout the Tanakh, sometimes even when referring to Israel.

In more recent times, the word has been used as slang by Jewish people to refer to non-Jews.

Notes