1 Chronicles 16:17:21 Chr.16.17.W2TAB
לְיַעֲקֹב֙
leyaakov
“for Jacob”
- Transliteration
- le-ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- leh-yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ləja.ʕăˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Jacob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MI-de-ha le-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-ya-a-MI-de-ha le-ya-a-KOV le-KHOK le-yis-ra-EL be-RIT o-LAM
Exegesis
Coordinated prepositional phrases le-yaakov {לְיַעֲקֹב֙ | lə-yaʿăqōḇ} ‘for Jacob’ and le-yisrael {לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | lə-yiśrāʼēl} ‘for Israel’ form a parallel structure highlighting individual and corporate recipients.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:17
And He established it for Jacob as a statute, for Israel as an everlasting covenant .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 16:17, so the Hebrew word לְיַעֲקֹב֙ (leyaakov) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.16.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.17.W2.S1) and character.