Genesis 10:5
From these the isles365 of the Nations [Backside Ones]366 have been separated in their earths, a man to his tongue, to their families, in their nations [backs].
Footnote:
| 366 | Hebrew הגוים, Backside, The Gentiles, Goyim, Nations. #1471 goyim. Derivative of gevah #1465 the back of the body. The words did not mean what “nation” means today. It signified stranger, foreigner, non-Israelites. In Exodus 19:6, the Israelites are referred to as a goy kadosh, a “set apart backside ones”. The construct goy גוי is not unlike עברי ivri (Hebrews/Beyond Ones) or אנשי anshe (mortal men). So the basic root is גו gav meaning the "back of the body" and thus goy could be understood as the Back Ones or Backside Ones. |