H1471b H1471b
Goiim — an ethnic name of uncertain identity, possibly the Guti people northeast of Babylon
In the enigmatic narrative of Genesis 14, Tidal is called 'king of Goiim'—literally 'king of nations' or 'king of peoples.' The context among other eastern kings suggests this is a proper ethnic name rather than a generic description. Early interpreters proposed the Guti, a people northeast of Babylonia in the Zagros mountains region, as the referent. The name may represent a Mesopotamian ethnic designation corrupted through transmission, or it may preserve an archaic name for a confederation of peoples. The uncertainty reflects the text's preservation of very ancient Near Eastern geopolitical realities.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — An ethnic or territorial designation for the people ruled by Tidal in Genesis 14:1, 9. While the word normally means 'nations' generically, here it functions as a proper name for a specific people group, possibly the Guti of Mesopotamian records. The phrase 'king of Goiim' suggests either a confederation of tribes or a specific ethnic group whose name resembled the Hebrew word for nations. Translators generally transliterate (Goiim, nations) recognizing the term's uncertain referent. 2×
AR["جُويِيمَ"]·ben["জাতিগুলির"]·DE["der-Völker"]·EN["nations"]·FR["nations"]·heb["גוי"]·HI["रशत्र-क"]·ID["Goyim"]·IT["nazioni"]·jav["bangsa-bangsa"]·KO["민족들의"]·PT["nações"]·RU["народов"]·ES["naciones"]·SW["mataifa"]·TR["milletlerin"]·urd["قوموں-کا"]
Sentidos Relacionados
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
Referencia BDB / Léxico
† גּוֹיִם n.pr.gent. Gn 14:1, 9, in phr. תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם Tidʿal king of Goim; prob. a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî, a people NE. of Babylonia, COT on Gn 14:1; also KGF 258 al.; cf. also DlPa 233 f.