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what is a Goy?

.. a Jewish man (he had a ya'mica hat thing) call'ed me that after complaining and screaming at me, at my work (small hotel) about not having an elevator ( its just one flight of stairs). he complained that he should not be forced to walk up the stairs and demanded a bottom floor room, even though he booked one upstairs and i could not move in downstairs so he started yelling at me and called me a "useless Goy" its obviously intended as an insult but im wondering what exactly a "GOY" is... please me honest

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  • frank lynn
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    A non-believer. In other words, not Jewish.

  • οικος
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Literally, "heathen". Used pejoratively against any non-Jew.

    If he was crippled or debilitated, you should have apologized. If not, you should have called him a lazy S.O.B. (except that being that accurate could cost you your job).

  • grandfather raven
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Goy (plural: goyim) means a non-Jew.

  • Tepee
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    A "Goy" is simply a person who is not Jewish.

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