Genesis 29:21:2Gen.29.21.W2TAB
יַעֲקֹ֤ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕăˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jacob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The subject Yaakov {יַעֲקֹב | ya-ʿă-qōḇ} follows the verb, and the prepositional phrase el-Lavan {אֶל־לָבָן | ʾel-lā-ḇān} ‘to Laban’ specifies the addressee, forming a typical verb-subject-indirect-object sequence.
Root and etymology
ayin–qof–bet
“heel, to follow at the heel”
In context — Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife , because my time is fulfilled , so that I may go in to her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֤ב (yaakov) 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 Gen.29.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W2.S1) and character.