- גּוֹי
goy "nation" unlike later usage which understand
the goyim (pl. of goy) as gentile nations, goy can refer
to Israel as to other states. In Amos at:
- 6:1 of Israel as "first
nation"
- 6:14 of an oppressor nation
- 9:9 of Israel "among
all the nations" and
- 9:12 of the nations called
by Adonai's name.