Question for Jews: what does "goy or goyum" mean, I know it means a non-jew but where does the word come from?

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2007-01-18 21:22:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality

The above answer is correct. The word goy is Hebrew and means 'nation' (a nation other than the Jewish nation) Goyim is just the plural form.

2007-01-18 22:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Goy in Hebrew means "nation". So it comes from the "nations of the world", which was shortened to "nation"

2007-01-22 00:41:31 · answer #2 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The dictionary says it comes from:

Mid-19th century. Via Yiddish from Hebrew gōy ‘(non-Jewish) nation or people’

2007-01-18 21:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

hi bro it also mean ' a troop of animals ' or ' a flight of locusts '
GOD BLESS YOU

2007-01-26 19:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋