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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
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Originally Posted by August
goy
Pronunciation Key (goi)
n. Offensive pl. goy·im (goim) or goys
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.
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It could be but then I would have called yas Shkatzim (plural) or a Sheigetz/Shiktzah (singular, masculine/feminine). Rewind your Woody Alan movie classics for some examples.
Lo Yissa Goy El Goy Cherev Ve'lo Yilmedu Ode Milchamah - Nation Shall Not Lift Up Sword Against Nation And Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore.
Familiar enough verse? Depending on context, the word simply means nation or non-Jew. Only context would determine if the intention was derogatory. That was not my intent. Who says Yiddish humor can't backfire! 
And if we're talking about Abraham, look what G-d says to him about his own descendants:
Ve'Eh'escha Le' Goy Gadol - And I will make of thee a great nation.
This has been todays SubSim Hebrew grammar lesson. Class dismissed!  |
Seeing your post made me remember something about a language that the old spanish-jews used to talk. I think it is called "Sefarda", "Sefardi" or "Sefardita". In school we were told that this language may seem very strange because it was ancient-spanish. Have you ever seen that or do you talk that?