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גוי (goy) — pictograph word study

גוי

Meaning: nation, people, gentile

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ג Gimel — value 3
Movement, giving, ripening (gamal — to deal fully, to wean); the camel that carries provision across distance letter page →
ו Vav — value 6
Connection, and-ness; the nail that joins; six — the number of man (created day six) and of physical space (six directions) letter page →
י Yod — value 10
The hand, the deed; the point of essence; ten — completion of the units, the congregation (minyan), the commandments letter page →

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