גוי

Etymology
, possibly related to, i.e. an ”ethnic body”.

Hans Bauer instead suggests a qatl- derivation from, as in  from and  from.

The semantic shift to "member of another nation" had already begun in antiquity, appearing in extrabiblical sources such as the, and is the likely source of analogous terms like 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A nation.
 * 2)  A nation other than Israel.
 * 3)  A (male) member of such a nation; a Gentile/gentile, Goy/goy, non-Jew.
 * 1)  A nation other than Israel.
 * 2)  A (male) member of such a nation; a Gentile/gentile, Goy/goy, non-Jew.
 * 1)  A (male) member of such a nation; a Gentile/gentile, Goy/goy, non-Jew.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a gentile, non-Jew.