Genesis 10:5
מֵ אֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ אִיֵּי הַ גֹּויִם בְּ אַרְצֹתָם אִישׁ לִ לְשֹׁנֹו לְ מִשְׁפְּחֹתָם בְּ גֹויֵהֶם
From these the isles365 of the Nations [Backside]366 have been separated in their earths, a man to his tongue, to their families, in their nations [backs].
| 366 | Hebrew הַגּוֹיִם֙, Backside, The Gentiles, Goyim, Nations. #1471 goyim. Derivative of gevah #1465 the back of the body. The words did not mean what “nation” means today. It signified stranger, foreigner, non-Israelites. In Exodus 19:6, the Israelites are referred to as a goy kadosh, a “set apart nation”. |