2006-12-13 13:01:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. It means "other nations" it is a way Jewish people refer to gentiles. It is neither positive nor negative.
Example: "Should we send David to a Hebrew school or a goyish public school?"
2006-12-13 13:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by jjdubya 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a Hebrew word that describes a person who is a non Jew. You will be called a 'goyim' if you are ever in the presence of a Talmudic Jew; who are the most extreme of the Jewish sects, and frankly the more dangerous ones.
Do I find it offensive enough to say it's racist? No because it is a term that has been used for centuries by the Talmudic Jew to make the distinction of non Jew and they are very racist (Talmudic Jews) but this is a vocabulary word no offense can be given.
2006-12-13 21:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle_My_Belle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Used by Jews to describe White gentiles or non-Jews in general. The term "goyim" means "human cattle." Possible old Hebrew derivation from the word for nation (ie. nations other than we.)
2006-12-13 21:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by samee 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the Kenites, sons of Cain.
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2006-12-13 21:03:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If memory serves, "goyim" (plural of goy) translates roughly as "Gentile"----BUT it's typically used in a pejorative sense. I've heard, you should pardon the expression, "Shikker iz a goy"--- (the Gentile is [a] drunk), by a few people.
I wouldn't recommend its use.
2006-12-13 21:05:42 · answer #5 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its goyim. it means "nations". it can be used in a lot of ways and its often used to describe the jews themselves
ie goy kadosh - holy nation (israel)
if said in a snide way about non-jews it can definitely have negative connotations.
2006-12-13 21:05:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In theory, just as Catholic, or male, or female, or human, or...
2006-12-13 21:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it before.
2006-12-13 21:03:57 · answer #8 · answered by greylady 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
It's a Jewish term.
2006-12-13 21:13:59 · answer #9 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No more than "Jew" is.
Both are cultural terms, Nazis not withstanding.
2006-12-13 21:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋