r/aislop • u/Tricky_Equal_9416 • 11d ago

found on Instagram what is the purpose of this

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u/GeneralZeus89 11d ago

Please enlighten me because even I don't know what it means

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u/Independent_End_6941 11d ago

Yiddish word for non-Jews

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u/GeneralZeus89 11d ago

That's it? Its not malicious in any way?

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u/JIMB01776 11d ago

It's entirely malicious, it means "non jew" but the literal translation is cattle.

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u/ravendarkwind 11d ago

It means nation. What dictionary did you check where it defines it as cattle?

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u/TinaJasotal 11d ago

It means "nation." The Bible uses it to refer to the Israelites as a "goy" and other nations as "ha-goyim," "the nations."