Goy meaning non-Jewish person. I say it like "boy", but with a g instead of b, obviously, and other jews I know say it like "go", very weird. Anyway, could someone please help!!
Thanks
2007-11-26 02:29:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I am actually jewish btw and speak a little bit of hebrew but all the other jews i know say it in a lot of different ways.
Thank you for your answers :)
2007-11-26 02:56:52 · update #1
It does rhyme with "boy" in Hebrew. In Hebrew
it can mean a gentile or a foreign nation(i.e.,
not Israel).
2007-11-26 02:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As in English, there are many different pronunciations, depending on where the person has come from or how the language is spoken at home. "Goy" is also used in Yiddish, so it has a slightly different pronunciation than the Hebrew. Neither is right or wrong; it's just a variation in pronunciation.
2007-11-26 03:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say "Goi". I have heard it said "Go -yer"
2007-11-26 02:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋